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Jess E. Stephens

Justice, Court of Appeal · California Court of Appeal, Fourth District, Division One · 1927–1993

Judge, California Court of Appeal 1937–1953

F++
96% — 26.0 of 27 opinions sound, per qwen3.8-27b; in the top 83% 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.

756opinions authored
897panels sat on (not as author)

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. Arizmendi v. System Leasing Corp. Civ. 36437 · 1971-03-02 · civil
  2. Castro v. Superior Court Civ. 34178 · 1970-07-17 · criminal
  3. Merco Construction Engineers, Inc. v. Los Angeles Unified School District Civ. 32044 · 1969-06-19 · civil
  4. People v. Morga Crim. 14842 · 1969-05-21 · criminal
  5. Theodore J. Chapin and Adam Sydlik v. United States 15511_1 · 1958-10-17 · civil
  6. Abe S. Toberoff, Individually, and Doing Business as T-R Productions v. Arthur E. Summerfield, Postmaster General of the United States 15988 · 1958-05-08 · civil
  7. Bert Strand, Sheriff of San Diego County, State of California v. William Schmittroth 14733_1 · 1957-12-03 · other
  8. Fred M. Dickson, Executive Superintendent of the California Institution for Men, Tehachapi, California v. Glenn Castle 15375 · 1957-05-08 · other
  9. A. Schlessing, of 75 Articles of Device, More or Less, Designated as 'The Schlessing Ultrasoniseur,' Together With Their Labeling v. United States 14802 · 1956-09-24 · civil
  10. Application of Melville C. Williams, for Writ of Mandamus 14894_1 · 1956-01-11 · other
  11. Stardust, Inc., a Corporation, and Anthony Cornero Stralla v. Securities and Exchange Commission 14818 · 1955-07-29 · other
  12. Karseal Corporation v. Richfield Oil Corporation 13856_1 · 1955-04-07 · civil
  13. E. N. Murray v. United States 14371 · 1954-11-23 · criminal
  14. Shaffer v. Jordan 13786_1 · 1954-05-28 · other
  15. Rodriguez v. Landon 13848 · 1954-04-28 · civil
  16. Marx v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co. 13397 · 1954-01-14 · other
  17. Ross-Whitney Corp. v. Smith Kline & French Laboratories 13420_1 · 1953-10-20 · other
  18. Cantlay & Tanzola, Inc. v. United States No. 15166 · 1953-09-24 · civil
  19. Arrowhead Freight Lines, Ltd. v. United States Civ. A. 14441 · 1953-09-23 · civil
  20. Sierra Drawn Steel Corp. v. Gregory Civ. A. No. 15572 · 1953-08-31 · civil
  21. Lopez v. Swope 13703 · 1953-06-29 · criminal
  22. Zank v. Landon 13739_1 · 1953-06-19 · civil
  23. Crow v. United States 13298 · 1953-04-13 · criminal
  24. Pellegrino v. Nesbit 13220 · 1953-04-01 · civil
  25. Booth v. United States 13253 · 1952-10-22 · criminal