Judges
Who sits in which San Diego department
Letters are by qwen3.8-27b — it reads the court's own disposition right 70% of the time (how that is measured); pick another model above to compare, on the assumption that the model is right.
10,950 judges · a reversal rate is shown from 10 merits decisions in this corpus
| Name | Grade | Role | Where | Cases | Years | Reversed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S. E. Crow | Judge | Santa Barbara County | 138 | 1908–1933 | 36% of 106 | |
| George A. Sturtevant | Judge | City and County of San Francisco denying a new trial | 138 | 1909–1924 | 34% of 89 | |
| Richard B. Ault | Justice, Court of Appeal | Court of Appeal | 137 | 1969–1977 | — | |
| Ben C. Duniway | Justice, Court of Appeal | Court of Appeal | 136 | 1959–1977 | — | |
| Ronald S. Coen | Judge | Los Angeles County | 135 | 1993–2026 | 26% of 122 | |
| Reuben A. Ortega | Justice, Court of Appeal | Court of Appeal | 135 | 1988–2004 | — | |
| Eddie C. Sturgeon | C++ | Judge | San Diego County | 135 | 2005–2026 | 31% of 124 |
| G. W. Nicol | Judge | Tuolumne County | 134 | 1899–1924 | 13% of 82 | |
| Joanne C. Parrilli | Justice, Court of Appeal | Court of Appeal | 134 | 1977–2007 | — | |
| Af S. Sure | Justice, Court of Appeal | Court of Appeal | 134 | 1919–1940 | 23% of 43 | |
| Louis H. Ward | Judge | City and County of San Francisco | 134 | 1920–1938 | 15% of 134 | |
| Marsha S. Berzon | Justice, Court of Appeal | ca9 | 133 | 2000–2018 | — | |
| Marguerite D. Downing | Judge | Los Angeles County | 133 | 2013–2026 | 22% of 122 | |
| Frank C. Newman | Justice, Court of Appeal | Supreme Court | 133 | 1978–1989 | — | |
| James F. Thaxter | Justice, Court of Appeal | Court of Appeal | 133 | 1987–2001 | — | |
| J. A. Allen | Judge | Tulare County | 132 | 1913–1936 | 18% of 113 | |
| McCormick | C- | Justice, Court of Appeal | ca9 | 132 | 1924–2017 | — |
| Stanley Murray | Judge | Merced County | 132 | 1922–1965 | 23% of 132 | |
| Timothy B. Taylor | C | Judge | San Diego County | 132 | 2010–2026 | 42% of 122 |
| Frampton | Justice, Court of Appeal | Court of Appeal | 131 | 1961–1971 | — | |
| Henry E. Needham, Jr. | Justice, Court of Appeal | Court of Appeal | 131 | 1923–2021 | — | |
| Michael L. Stern | Judge | Los Angeles County | 131 | 2006–2026 | 40% of 124 | |
| J. R. Welch | Judge | Santa Clara County | 131 | 1906–1932 | 25% of 97 | |
| Frank R. Willis | Judge | Los Angeles County | 131 | 1909–1930 | 24% of 106 | |
| Charles O. Busick | Judge | Sacramento County | 130 | 1916–1927 | 39% of 124 | |
| Gordon Cologne | Justice, Court of Appeal | Court of Appeal | 130 | 1972–1984 | — | |
| Joseph S. Koford | Justice, Court of Appeal | Court of Appeal | 130 | 1920–1980 | — | |
| John C. Peterson | Justice, Court of Appeal | Court of Appeal | 130 | 1989–1998 | — | |
| Kincaid | Justice, Court of Appeal | Court of Appeal | 129 | 1944–1969 | — | |
| Mary M. McKeown | Justice, Court of Appeal | ca9 | 129 | 2000–2018 | — | |
| Fred H. Taft | Judge | Los Angeles County | 129 | 1914–1923 | 36% of 114 | |
| Paul J. Watford | Justice, Court of Appeal | ca9 | 129 | 2012–2018 | — | |
| George E. Church | Judge | Fresno County | 128 | 1903–1922 | 41% of 68 | |
| Donald N. Gates | Justice, Court of Appeal | Court of Appeal | 128 | 1930–1995 | — | |
| Brewster | C-- | Justice, Court of Appeal | ca9 | 127 | 1985–2012 | — |
| James S. Hawkins | Justice, Court of Appeal | Court of Appeal | 127 | 1912–2017 | — | |
| Annemarie G. Pace | A | Judge | San Bernardino County | 127 | 2009–2026 | 18% of 112 |
| Ruben S. Schmidt | Judge | Los Angeles County | 127 | 1914–1948 | 30% of 125 | |
| Patricia K. Sepulveda | Justice, Court of Appeal | Court of Appeal | 127 | 1999–2012 | — | |
| Mike Camacho | Judge | Los Angeles County | 126 | 2013–2026 | 21% of 122 | |
| George E. Danielson | Justice, Court of Appeal | Court of Appeal | 126 | 1982–1992 | — | |
| T. I. Fitzpatrick | Judge | City and County of San Francisco | 126 | 1921–1964 | 37% of 121 | |
| Kathleen Blanchard | Judge | Los Angeles County | 125 | 2013–2026 | 15% of 120 | |
| Dennis A. Cornell | Justice, Court of Appeal | Court of Appeal | 125 | 1994–2015 | — | |
| Malcolm C. Glenn | Judge | Sacramento County | 125 | 1915–1957 | 9% of 117 | |
| David J. Danielsen | A | Judge | San Diego County | 124 | 1998–2026 | 11% of 122 |
| Robert Feinerman | Justice, Court of Appeal | Supreme Court | 124 | 1969–1988 | — | |
| Warren Olney | Justice, Court of Appeal | Supreme Court | 124 | 1919–1921 | — | |
| Charles Wellborn | Judge | Los Angeles County | 124 | 1903–1926 | 30% of 97 | |
| J. O. Moncur | Judge | Plumas County | 123 | 1910–1942 | 24% of 106 |