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 1965 / Served to 1973

William C. Pierce

Judge, Florida District Courts of Appeal

William C. Pierce was a Judge of the Florida District Courts of Appeal, who joined the court in 1965. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Tenure: 1965–1973 · 8 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1965	Florida District Courts of Appeal	–	–

Judicial Record

In our data, Pierce authored 453 published opinions for the court (1965–1973), plus 10 dissents and 1 concurrence. Most cited: Mims Crane Service, Inc. v. Insley Mfg. Corp. (59 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. 303 of these were attributed to Pierce 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
1969	Mims Crane Service, Inc. v. Insley Mfg. Corp.	226 So. 2d 836	59
1966	Hagan v. Sabal Palms, Inc.	186 So. 2d 302	49
1966	United Contractors, Inc. v. United Construction Corp.	187 So. 2d 695	47
1966	Booth v. Mary Carter Paint Company	182 So. 2d 292	47
1970	Clark v. Lachenmeier	237 So. 2d 583	41
1966	State v. Hickman	189 So. 2d 254	39
1966	Williams v. State	188 So. 2d 320	36
1966	Brod v. Jernigan	188 So. 2d 575	35
1968	Vokes v. Arthur Murray, Inc.	212 So. 2d 906	32
1968	Howell v. Howell	207 So. 2d 507	32
1972	Kilgore v. State	271 So. 2d 148	31
1967	Kelly v. State	202 So. 2d 901	31
1966	Casso v. State	182 So. 2d 252	31
1966	Green v. State	190 So. 2d 42	30
1971	Henderson v. City of St. Petersburg	247 So. 2d 23	29

Showing the 15 most-cited of 464 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 C. Pierce on?: William C. Pierce 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).