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Franklin B. Orfield

Judge · Superior Court of San Diego County · 1972–1989

Judge, Superior Court of California, County of San Diego 1969–1988

A++
provisional — 100% — 6 of 6 rulings upheld, per qwen3.8-27b; would rank in the top 1% of 312 graded judges, but ten rulings are needed for a standing letter — 6 so far

On the assumption that the model is right — qwen3.8-27b reads the court's own disposition right 70% of the time, graded on a curve: A is the top fifth of the judges graded under this model, F the bottom fifth; ++ / + / − / −− within the band. How the grade is made.

11cases reviewed on appeal
—6 merits decisions: a rate is shown from 10

Outcomes on appeal

other 5 affirmed 5 reversed 1

Areas

civil 5 criminal 4 probate 1 delinquency 1

By year: 1974 2 · 1972 2 · 1989 1 · 1987 1 · 1986 1 · 1983 1 · 1980 1 · 1975 1 · 1973 1 ·

Analysis

6 of this judge's reviewed cases have an analysis; counts are shown from 10.

Cases

  1. Orr v. Pacific Southwest Airlines D006997 · 1989-03-28 · civil · affirmed
  2. Rutherford v. State of California D003131 · 1987-01-09 · criminal · reversed
  3. County of San Diego v. Woodward D002014 · 1986-09-23 · civil · other
  4. Lazar v. Hertz Corp. Civ. 26596 · 1983-05-19 · civil · other
  5. People v. Burden Crim. 11312 · 1980-03-07 · criminal · other
  6. Remer v. City of El Cajon Civ. 14163 · 1975-10-23 · civil · other
  7. People v. Castro Crim. 6667 · 1974-11-06 · criminal · affirmed
  8. People v. Calloway Crim. 5491 · 1974-03-13 · criminal · affirmed
  9. De Court v. Beckman Instruments, Inc. Civ. 11388 · 1973-05-25 · probate · other
  10. Greene v. Franchise Tax Board Civ. 11107 · 1972-08-03 · delinquency · affirmed
  11. Liberty Loan Corp. of North Park v. Petersen Civ. 11097 · 1972-04-14 · civil · affirmed