How do judges of the Florida District Courts of Appeal reach the bench?

The court's current selection method is merit selection with retention.

Florida District Courts of Appeal / Joined 2007 / Active

Vance E. Salter

Judge, Florida District Courts of Appeal

Vance E. Salter is a Judge of the Florida District Courts of Appeal, serving since 2007. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1948 · age 78
Tenure: Since 2007 · 19 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
2007	Florida District Courts of Appeal	–	–

Education

Brown University
University of Virginia-Main Campus

Judicial Record

In our data, Salter authored 279 published opinions for the court (2007–2019), plus 19 dissents and 16 concurrences. Most cited: Hernandez v. State (191 citations).

Published, precedential opinions from the CourtListener corpus. Counts and rankings are objective and recomputable: how we count. We describe the record, not the judge. 314 of these were attributed to Salter by a unique court-, date-, and surname-match against our roster (marked ), because CourtListener recorded no author for them. Each links to the official text to verify. How we match.

Selected opinions

Year	Case	Citation	Cited
2011	Hernandez v. State†	61 So. 3d 1144	191
2010	Citizens Property Insurance Corp. v. Galeria Villas Condominium Ass'n†	48 So. 3d 188	28
2014	Chevaldina v. R.K./FL Management, Inc.†	133 So. 3d 1086	24
2012	Frazier v. Philip Morris USA Inc.†	89 So. 3d 937	24
2011	Rey v. Philip Morris, Inc.†	75 So. 3d 378	23
2014	Mobley v. State· Dissent†	132 So. 3d 1160	19
2010	BDO Seidman, LLP v. Banco Espirito Santo International†	38 So. 3d 874	17
2011	Del Monte Fresh Produce Co. v. Net Results, Inc.†	77 So. 3d 667	15
2011	State Farm Florida Insurance Co. v. Seville Place Condominium Ass'n†	74 So. 3d 105	14
2009	Browning v. Angelfish Swim School, Inc.†	1 So. 3d 355	14
2010	Coral Reef Drive Land Development, LLC v. Duke Realty Ltd. Partnership†	45 So. 3d 897	13
2017	Viscito v. Viscito†	214 So. 3d 736	12
2016	Collazo v. HSBC Bank USA, N.A.†	213 So. 3d 1012	12
2015	In the Interest Of: B.R.C.M.· Dissent†	182 So. 3d 749	12
2013	McCormick v. Cox†	118 So. 3d 980	12

Showing the 15 most-cited of 314 authored opinions in our data. “Cited” is inbound citations across the CourtListener corpus. Case links open the ruling’s full text (CourtListener) or its page here; read the methodology and verify against the primary source.

Questions & answers

How do judges of the Florida District Courts of Appeal reach the bench?: The court's current selection method is merit selection with retention.
Which court is Vance E. Salter on?: Vance E. Salter is a Judge of the Florida District Courts of Appeal.

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19 years on the Florida District Courts of Appeal. Data as of 2026-03-31. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).