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 1984 / Served to 1985

William Norris

Judge, Florida District Courts of Appeal

William Norris was a Judge of the Florida District Courts of Appeal, who joined the court in 1984. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Tenure: 1984–1985 · 1 yr

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1984	Florida District Courts of Appeal	–	–

Judicial Record

In our data, Norris authored 5 published opinions for the court (1984–1989). Most cited: Delia & Wilson, Inc. v. Wilson (16 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. 2 of these were attributed to Norris 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
1984	Delia & Wilson, Inc. v. Wilson	448 So. 2d 621	16
1989	Brown v. Kelly	545 So. 2d 518	6
1989	Martin v. Ocean Reef Villas Ass'n, Inc.	547 So. 2d 1237	4
1984	Guaranty National Insurance Co. v. Pachivas†	458 So. 2d 306	4
1985	Ortiz ex rel. Atehourta v. Bankers Standard Insurance Co.†	475 So. 2d 1012	0

Showing the 5 most-cited of 5 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 Norris on?: William Norris was a Judge of the Florida District Courts of Appeal.

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1 year 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).