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As of 2007, the superior courts of California consisted of over 1,500 judges, and make up the largest part of California's judicial system, which is in turn one of the largest court systems in the United States. Superior court judges are elected by each county's voters to six-year terms.
(The Center Square) - California was ranked the nation’s fifth-worst “judicial hellhole” this year, improving from its third-place ranking last year by the American Tort Reform Foundation, a ...
California Courts of Appeal (6 appellate districts) [2] Superior Courts of California (58 courts, one for each county) [3] State quasi-administrative courts of California. State Bar Court of California; [4] an administrative court within the judicial branch, subordinate to the California Supreme Court; Federal courts located in California
The judicial system of California is the largest in the United States that is fully staffed by professional law-trained judges. [3] In fiscal year 2020-21, the state judiciary's 2,000 judicial officers and 18,000 judicial branch employees processed approximately 4.4 million cases. [4] In comparison, the federal judicial system has only about ...
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The judicial power shall extend to all the cases enumerated in the constitution. As the mode is not limited, it may extend to all such cases, in any form, in which judicial power may be exercised. It may, therefore, extend to them in the shape of original or appellate jurisdiction, or both; for there is nothing in the nature of the cases which ...
Judicial branch [ edit ] Otto Kerner Jr. (D), US Judge of the 7th Circuit Court and former Illinois Governor, was indicted on charges of conspiracy, bribery, mail fraud, and income tax evasion related to accepting stock shares from a racing company and lying about it.
The San Mateo County Board of Supervisors voted on Tuesday to hold a special election on March 4, 2025, amid a longstanding feud with Sheriff Christina Corpus. The special election, which ...