How do judges of the Colorado Court of Appeals reach the bench?

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

Colorado Court of Appeals / Joined 1970 / Active

William F. Dwyer

Judge, Colorado Court of Appeals

William F. Dwyer is a Judge of the Colorado Court of Appeals, serving since 1970. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Tenure: Since 1970 · 56 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1970	Colorado Court of Appeals	–	–

Judicial Record

In our data, Dwyer authored 86 published opinions for the court (1970–1973). Most cited: Community Manage. Ass'n of Colorado Sp. v. Tousley (57 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
1973	Community Manage. Ass'n of Colorado Sp. v. Tousley	505 P.2d 1314	57
1971	Bruckman v. Pena	487 P.2d 566	33
1972	Thiele v. State	495 P.2d 558	30
1973	People in Interest of LB	513 P.2d 1069	28
1971	Murphy v. Northern Colorado Grain Co.	488 P.2d 103	27
1970	Smith v. Curran	472 P.2d 769	27
1971	Inter-State Detective Bur., Inc. v. Denver Post, Inc.	484 P.2d 131	26
1971	Irrigation Motor and Pump Co. v. Belcher	483 P.2d 980	23
1972	McGinn v. Industrial Commission	496 P.2d 1080	16
1973	Moore v. Fischer	505 P.2d 383	14
1972	American National Bank v. Quad Construction, Inc.	504 P.2d 1113	14
1972	Nelson v. Nelson	497 P.2d 1284	14
1971	Caro v. Bumpus	491 P.2d 606	14
1971	Francisco v. CASCADE INVESTMENT COMPANY	486 P.2d 447	14
1970	Continental Casualty Company v. Maguire	471 P.2d 636	14

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Questions & answers

How do judges of the Colorado Court of Appeals reach the bench?: The court's current selection method is merit selection with retention.
Which court is William F. Dwyer on?: William F. Dwyer is a Judge of the Colorado Court of Appeals.

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