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Orfa Jean Shontz (1913): [410] First female referee of the Juvenile Court of Los Angeles County, California (1915-1920) Georgia Bullock (1913): [27] [28] First female judge in Los Angeles County, California (1931) May Darlington Lahey (1914): [411] First female (who was Australian) to serve as the Presiding Judge of the Los Angeles Municipal ...
The Superior Court of Los Angeles County is the California Superior Court located in Los Angeles County. It is the largest single unified trial court in the United States. The Superior Court operates 36 courthouses throughout the county. Currently, the Presiding Judge is Sergio C. Tapia II and David W. Slayton is the Executive Officer/Clerk of ...
Another quirk is that because the superior courts are now fully unified with all courts of inferior jurisdiction, the superior courts must hear relatively minor cases that previously would have been heard in such inferior courts, such as infractions, misdemeanors, "limited civil" actions (actions where the amount in controversy is below $35,000), and "small claims" actions.
Dynamex Operations West, Inc., v. The Superior Court of Los Angeles County and Charles Lee, Real Party in Interest: Citation(s) 4 Cal.5th 903, 416 P.3d 1, 232 Cal.Rptr.3d 1: Case history; Prior history: Review granted from 179 Cal.Rptr.3d 69: Holding
Kern County was partitioned from Tulare, Los Angeles, and San Bernardino counties in 1866, [3] following a failed effort to establish Buena Vista County which started in 1855. [4] The initial county seat was set in Havilah, and the governor appointed Theron Reed as the county judge. At their first two meetings, held August 1–2, 1866, the ...
Initiated in 1968 in the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Serrano v. Priest (John Serrano was a parent of one of several Los Angeles public school students; Ivy Baker Priest was the California State Treasurer at the time) set forth three causes of action (quotes from the decision).
He was subsequently elected as a Los Angeles County Judge in 1869 and then as a District Judge in 1874. [20] He served on the first board of directors of the Los Angeles Public Library in 1872. He became a judge of the Los Angeles County Superior Court in 1879, serving until 1884. [20]
Los Angeles: Main and Winston Streets S.D. Cal. 1892 1901 Court was at Tajo Building at Broadway & 1st from 1901 to 1910 U.S. Post Office & Courthouse: Los Angeles: 312 North Spring Street S.D. Cal. 1910 1937 Razed, new courthouse built on same site U.S. Courthouse † Los Angeles: 312 North Spring Street S.D. Cal. C.D. Cal. 1940 present