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 1961 / Served to 1969

William L. Durden Jr.

Judge, Florida District Courts of Appeal

William L. Durden Jr. was a Judge of the Florida District Courts of Appeal, who joined the court in 1961. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1921–2011
Tenure: 1961–1969 · 8 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1961	Florida District Courts of Appeal	–	–

Education

Jacksonville University
University of Florida

Judicial Record

In our data, Durden authored 4 published opinions for the court (1963–1967). Most cited: Alligood v. Florida Real Estate Commission (24 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. 1 of these was attributed to Durden 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
1963	Alligood v. Florida Real Estate Commission	156 So. 2d 705	24
1967	Sirkin v. Sirkin†	204 So. 2d 13	7
1963	Magruder v. Magruder	157 So. 2d 86	6
1966	Hughes v. Bie	183 So. 2d 281	1

Showing the 4 most-cited of 4 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 was William L. Durden Jr. on?: William L. Durden Jr. was a Judge of the Florida District Courts of Appeal.

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8 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).