How do judges of the Supreme Court of Indiana reach the bench?

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

Supreme Court of Indiana / Joined 1925 / Served to 1931

Willard B. Gemmill

Justice, Supreme Court of Indiana

Willard B. Gemmill was a Justice of the Supreme Court of Indiana, who joined the court in 1925. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1875–1935
Tenure: 1925–1931 · 5 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1925	Supreme Court of Indiana	–	–

Education

DePauw University

Judicial Record

In our data, Gemmill authored 128 published opinions for the court (1925–1930), plus 1 concurrence. Most cited: Sanchez v. State (41 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.

Selected opinions

Year	Case	Citation	Cited
1927	Sanchez v. State	157 N.E. 1	41
1925	Henry v. State	146 N.E. 822	39
1930	Zirkle v. Zirkle	172 N.E. 192	36
1930	Tuf-Tread Corp. v. Kilborn	172 N.E. 353	31
1928	Wolfe v. State	159 N.E. 545	29
1927	Koscielski v. State	158 N.E. 902	26
1929	Headlee v. State	168 N.E. 692	25
1927	Evans v. State	155 N.E. 203	23
1928	Newbauer v. State	101 N.E. 826	20
1927	Bolden v. State	155 N.E. 824	20
1929	Pollard v. State	166 N.E. 654	18
1926	Cosilito v. State	151 N.E. 129	18
1925	Alyea v. State	147 N.E. 144	18
1926	Speybroeck v. State	154 N.E. 1	17
1926	Palmer v. State	150 N.E. 917	17

Showing the 15 most-cited of 130 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 Supreme Court of Indiana reach the bench?: The court's current selection method is merit selection with retention.
Which court was Willard B. Gemmill on?: Willard B. Gemmill was a Justice of the Supreme Court of Indiana.

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5 years on the Supreme Court of Indiana. Data as of 2026-03-31. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).