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Laurence D. Rubin

Justice, Court of Appeal · California Court of Appeal, Fourth District, Division One · 1985–2026

, California Court of Appeal, 2nd District 2018– · Associate Justice, California Court of Appeal, 2nd District 2001–2018 · Judge, Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles 2000–2001 · , Municipal Court of California, County of Los Angeles 1982–2000

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96% — 188.0 of 195 opinions sound, per qwen3.8-27b; in the top 79% of 80 graded judges

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.

1cases reviewed on appeal
907opinions authored
2,356panels sat on (not as author)
—1 merits decisions: a rate is shown from 10

Outcomes on appeal

affirmed 1

Areas

criminal 1

By year: 2016 1 ·

Analysis

No analyses yet. When they exist, this shows counts of the model's findings across this judge's reviewed cases — with the court's own dispositions beside them, and only from 10 cases.

Cases sat on (every role)

  1. Arora v. Arora CA4/1 D086321 · 2026-09-28 · family · affirmed
  2. People v. Holley CA4/1 D086338 · 2026-09-24 · criminal · affirmed
  3. Howard v. Dept. of Motor Vehicles CA4/1 D085484 · 2026-09-23 · civil · reversed
  4. Melendez v. Stater Bros. Markets CA4/1 D086334 · 2026-09-22 · civil · affirmed
  5. Doe v. County of San Diego CA4/1 D086071 · 2026-09-21 · civil · reversed
  6. People v. Gonzalez CA4/1 D085130 · 2026-09-18 · criminal · affirmed
  7. Marriage of Pfaff CA4/1 D086904 · 2026-09-17 · family · reversed
  8. People v. Smith CA4/1 D086522 · 2026-09-11 · criminal · affirmed
  9. People v. Laster CA4/1 D085438 · 2026-09-09 · criminal · affirmed
  10. People v. Hawthorn D085679 · 2026-09-04 · criminal · affirmed
  11. People v. Coronado CA4/1 D085912 · 2026-09-04 · criminal · affirmed
  12. Zavaleta v. Superior Court CA4/1 D088256M · 2026-08-31 · family · writ granted
  13. People v. Ramos CA4/1 D087439 · 2026-08-31 · criminal · affirmed
  14. People v. Broadey CA4/1 D086339 · 2026-08-28 · criminal · affirmed
  15. Zavaleta v. Superior Court CA4/1 D088256 · 2026-08-27 · family · writ granted
  16. Amini v. Dept. of Motor Vehicles CA4/1 D085964 · 2026-08-25 · civil · reversed in part
  17. Meza v. CoWorx Staffing Services CA4/1 D085734 · 2026-08-24 · civil · affirmed
  18. People v. Lopez CA4/1 D084633A · 2026-08-24 · criminal · affirmed
  19. People v. Intong CA4/1 D087611 · 2026-08-20 · criminal · reversed
  20. Isolate Innovations v. Lisenko CA4/1 D086411 · 2026-08-19 · civil · affirmed
  21. L.H. v. County of San Diego CA4/1 D085668 · 2026-08-19 · civil · reversed in part
  22. People v. Porter CA4/1 D084543 · 2026-08-14 · criminal · affirmed
  23. People v. Toca CA4/1 D088035 · 2026-08-14 · criminal · reversed in part
  24. People v. Vaughn CA4/1 D088036 · 2026-08-13 · criminal · affirmed
  25. People v. Howard CA4/1 D086556 · 2026-08-07 · criminal · affirmed