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In June 1976, Governor Jerry Brown appointed Reynoso to the California Court of Appeal as an associate justice. [2] He was the first Latino appointed to the Court. [5] In 1981, Governor Brown elevated Reynoso to the California Supreme Court, succeeding the retiring Mathew O. Tobriner.
The U.S. Supreme Court in turn held that the state supreme court's decision did not amount to a "taking" of the shopping center under federal constitutional law. Sindell v. Abbott Laboratories (1980): [59] The Court imposed market share liability on the makers of fungible hazardous products. Thing v.
Marcus Maurice Kaufman (June 19, 1929 – March 26, 2003) served as the 103rd justice on the Supreme Court of California from March 18, 1987, until his retirement on January 31, 1990. Prior to his appointment to the Supreme Court, Justice Kaufman served for 17 years as an Associate Justice of the California Court of Appeal , Fourth Appellate ...
On the court, Broussard was a leading liberal in the court's majority, along with Chief Justice Rose Bird. [1] [15] He wrote the majority of opinions for the court at that time. [16] By 1982, five of the seven justices on the court were Brown appointees, who were widely criticized as allegedly soft on crime and overly political.
On November 10, 2022 the Commission on Judicial Appointments voted unanimously to approve Evans to the California Supreme Court. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] [ 8 ] She was sworn into office on January 2, 2023. [ 9 ] As of 2023, with her swearing in, Black justices make up half of the associate justices on the court. [ 10 ]
Joseph Raymond Grodin (born August 30, 1930) [1] is a lawyer, law professor, and a former Presiding Justice of the California Court of Appeal and an associate justice of the Supreme Court of California. [2] Grodin lost his Supreme Court seat in a contentious 1986 retention election that also removed Justice Cruz Reynoso and Chief Justice Rose Bird.
In addition to life expectancies increasing since the drafting of the Constitution, the age at which judges are appointed to the Supreme Court has been decreasing in recent years, with John ...
Roger John Traynor (February 12, 1900 – May 14, 1983) was the 23rd Chief Justice of California (1964–1970) and an associate justice of the Supreme Court of California from 1940 to 1964. [1] Previously, he had served as a Deputy Attorney General of California under Earl Warren , and an Acting Dean and Professor of UC Berkeley School of Law .