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Smith

Justice, Court of Appeal · California Court of Appeal, Fourth District, Division One · 1900–2025

F--
provisional — 80% — 4.0 of 5 opinions sound, per qwen3.8-27b; would rank in the top 100% of 80 graded judges, but ten opinions 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.

6cases reviewed on appeal
732opinions authored
1,565panels sat on (not as author)
—5 merits decisions: a rate is shown from 10

Outcomes on appeal

affirmed 4 reversed 1 other 1

Areas

criminal 3 civil 3

By year: 2014 1 · 2013 1 · 1998 1 · 1914 1 · 1910 1 · 1900 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

  1. Porter v. The Kenan Advantage Group CA5 F087528M · 2025-06-12 · civil · reversed in part
  2. Lopez v. Narayanan Nair MD CA5 F087238 · 2025-05-29 · civil · reversed
  3. Naranjo v. Doctors Medical Ctr. of Modesto, Inc. F083197A · 2025-05-23 · civil · vacated
  4. Koskiniemi v. Jennings CA5 F087348 · 2025-05-23 · civil · reversed
  5. Powell v. Belden CA5 F087583 · 2025-05-19 · civil · reversed in part
  6. Porter v. The Kenan Advantage Group CA5 F087528 · 2025-05-16 · civil · reversed in part
  7. S.C. v. County of Fresno CA5 F088080 · 2025-05-12 · civil · affirmed
  8. Diamond v. Schweitzer F086150 · 2025-04-21 · civil · affirmed
  9. Aguilera v. Dole Packaged Foods CA5 F087224 · 2025-04-16 · civil · affirmed
  10. Jenkins v. Department of Justice CA5 F087260 · 2025-03-07 · civil · affirmed
  11. Civil Rights Dept. v. Cathy's Creations F085800M · 2025-03-05 · civil · vacated
  12. Wash v. Banda-Wash F085028M · 2025-03-04 · civil · vacated
  13. B.B. v. County of Kern CA5 F087536M · 2025-02-26 · civil · affirmed
  14. Perez v. Calvin CA5 F087496M · 2025-02-20 · civil · affirmed
  15. Civil Rights Dept. v. Cathy's Creations F085800 · 2025-02-11 · civil · vacated
  16. Carson Hybrid Energy Storage v. Turlock Irrigation District CA5 F087073A · 2025-02-05 · civil · reversed
  17. Wash v. Superior Court CA5 F086934 · 2025-02-04 · civil · writ granted
  18. Wash v. Banda-Wash F085028 · 2025-02-03 · civil · vacated
  19. Perez v. Calvin CA5 F087496 · 2025-01-30 · civil · affirmed
  20. Sanchez v. Wonderful Pistachios & Almonds CA5 F086635 · 2025-01-09 · civil · affirmed
  21. JHS Family Limited Partnership v. County of Fresno CA5 F087092 · 2024-11-15 · civil · other
  22. LVNV Funding v. Rodriguez F086904 · 2024-11-12 · civil · reversed
  23. Rodriguez v. KS Industries CA5 F085605 · 2024-11-12 · civil · affirmed
  24. Carson Hybrid Energy Storage v. Turlock Irrigation District CA5 F087073 · 2024-10-22 · civil · reversed
  25. Via Appia v. OP Development CA5 F087160 · 2024-10-21 · civil · affirmed