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William C. Pate

Judge · Superior Court of San Diego County · 1988–2008

Judge, Superior Court of California, County of San Diego 1986–2006

F++
50% — 5 of 10 rulings upheld, per qwen3.8-27b; in the top 83% of 312 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.

8cases reviewed on appeal
—5 merits decisions: a rate is shown from 10

Outcomes on appeal

reversed 2 affirmed 2 writ denied 1 reversed in part 1 other 1 dismissed 1

Areas

civil 6 dependency 1 criminal 1

By year: 1994 2 · 1991 2 · 2008 1 · 2000 1 · 1993 1 · 1988 1 ·

Analysis

14reviewed cases analysed
35rulings read
0rulings where the model disagrees with the court
1cases with a verified missed authority
0appellate opinions called questionable

Counts of a model's readings across this judge's reviewed cases, each shown on its case page beside the court's disposition. Not a finding about the judge.

Cases

  1. Vasquez v. California S143710 · 2008-11-20 · civil · affirmed
  2. Ramos v. Countrywide Home Loans, Inc. D033669 · 2000-07-25 · civil · reversed in part
  3. Fireman's Fund Insurance v. McDonald, Hecht & Solberg D017319 · 1994-12-15 · civil · dismissed
  4. KGTV CHANNEL 10 v. Superior Court D021046 · 1994-07-21 · civil · other
  5. Helmer v. Miller D017661 · 1993-10-14 · criminal · affirmed
  6. Columbia Casualty Co. v. Northwestern National Insurance D011567 · 1991-06-20 · civil · reversed
  7. Copesky v. Superior Court D013448 · 1991-04-23 · civil · writ denied
  8. San Diego County Department of Social Services v. Raymond L. D006517 · 1988-12-09 · dependency · reversed