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William F. Fahey

Judge · Superior Court of Los Angeles County · 2003–2026

A++
provisional — 100% — 2 of 2 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 — 2 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.

107cases reviewed on appeal
31%reversed, in whole or part, of 100 merits decisions

Outcomes on appeal

affirmed 68 reversed 23 reversed in part 8 writ granted 3 dismissed 2 other 1 modified 1

Areas

civil 105 probate 1 criminal 1

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Analysis

2 of this judge's reviewed cases have an analysis; counts are shown from 10.

Cases

  1. Gonzalez v. County of Los Angeles CA2/2 B317794 · 2023-07-28 · civil · affirmed
  2. East Coast Foods v. KG Law CA2/4 B313056 · 2023-07-27 · civil · affirmed
  3. Ballou v. Verizon Wireless Services CA2/2 B324537 · 2023-04-07 · civil · affirmed
  4. State of Cal. v. Encino Hospital Medical Center B302426 · 2023-01-20 · civil · affirmed
  5. Vargas v. The Vons Companies CA2/2 B315167 · 2022-12-15 · civil · reversed in part
  6. Butter Nails and Waxing v. Underwriters at Lloyd's London CA2/5 B311455 · 2022-08-25 · civil · reversed
  7. Ressler v. Piontak CA2/8 B312694 · 2022-05-31 · civil · affirmed
  8. Max v. 8E6 Corp. CA2/1 B307406M · 2022-04-27 · civil · reversed in part
  9. Planet Clair v. American Honda Motor Co. CA2/7 B308151 · 2022-03-15 · civil · reversed
  10. Broadcast Music, Inc. v. Structured Asset Sales B304809 · 2022-02-24 · civil · affirmed
  11. City of Los Angeles v. Patel CA2/1 B306094 · 2022-02-22 · civil · affirmed
  12. Miller v. Novotney CA2/1 B305609 · 2022-01-03 · civil · affirmed
  13. Herron v. County of L.A. CA2/7 B295184 · 2021-12-08 · civil · reversed in part
  14. Kabiling v. Lithia Motors CA2/2 B305901 · 2021-10-06 · civil · affirmed
  15. Betuel v. Luma Pictures CA2/4 B297030 · 2021-08-19 · civil · affirmed
  16. Lerner v. Masterson CA2/5 B297323 · 2021-07-27 · civil · reversed
  17. Brookshire v. Albers Yze CA2/5 B306001 · 2021-07-14 · civil · dismissed
  18. Wu v. Estate of Lau CA2/5 B299305 · 2021-01-20 · civil · dismissed
  19. West American Ins. Co. v. Valles CA2/1 B296771 · 2020-11-20 · civil · reversed
  20. Shin v. Chung CA2/4 B301055 · 2020-11-18 · civil · affirmed
  21. Chacon v. Union Pacific Railroad B299031 · 2020-10-26 · civil · reversed
  22. Chancellor v. Ozzello CA2/2 B292321 · 2020-10-08 · civil · affirmed
  23. Marroquin v. Jones CA2/3 B291625 · 2020-10-06 · civil · affirmed
  24. Douglas v. Zimmerman CA2/8 B294801 · 2020-08-26 · civil · affirmed
  25. Monster v. Beats Electronics CA2/7 B285994 · 2020-08-25 · civil · affirmed