Richard J. Oberholzer
Judge, Superior Court of California, County of Kern 1987–2008
A++
provisional — 100% — 5 of 5 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 — 5 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.
36cases reviewed on appeal
38%reversed, in whole or part, of 32 merits decisions
Outcomes on appeal
affirmed 20 reversed 7 reversed in part 4 writ granted 2 other 2 vacated 1
Areas
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Analysis
4 of this judge's reviewed cases have an analysis; counts are shown from 10.
Cases
- The Versailles Homeowners Assn. v. Steinbrecher CA4/3
- Tritz v. Tritz CA4/3
- People v. Swenson CA4/3
- M.A. v. B.F.
- Sarno v. Kaiser Foundation Health Plan CA4/3
- Williams v. De Anda Enterprises CA4/3
- Mai v. The Tu Firm, APLC CA4/3
- Iloh v. The Regents of the U. of Cal.
- People v. Kaye CA4/3
- People v. Gates CA4/3
- People v. Accredited Surety and Casualty CA4/3
- City of San Bernardino Municipal Water Dept. v. American Alternative Ins. Corp. CA4/1
- Flannigan v. Onuldo, Inc. CA4/1
- Rodriguez v. Bank of America CA4/1
- Centex Homes v. St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance
- People v. Rocha CA4/3
- City of Riverside v. Horspool
- The City of Riverside v. Horspool CA4/2
- Royal Insurance v. Cole
- Claxton v. Zolin