Yesterday, we reviewed the geographical sources of the Court’s civil docket from 2014 through 2017.  Today, we’re looking at the data for the criminal, quasi-criminal and disciplinary docket.

The Court decided nineteen criminal cases in 2014 which originated in Los Angeles.  The Court decided six cases from Riverside, five from Orange County, four from Sacramento and Ventura, three from Santa Clara, and two from San Diego and the state Bar Court.  The Court decided one case from Alameda, Contra Costa, Imperial, San Bernardino, San Joaquin, San Mateo, Tulare, Monterey and Kings counties, and one case from the Court’s original jurisdiction.

2015 was very unusual in the Court’s recent history – Los Angeles did not produce more cases than any other county.  That year, the Court decided seven criminal cases from Riverside County.  The Court decided six cases from Los Angeles, five from Orange County, four from San Diego and Santa Clara, three from Alameda, Contra Costa and San Bernardino, and two from Sacramento and Shasta counties.  The Court decided one case from Sonoma, Lake, San Francisco and San Luis Obispo counties, as well as one case arising under the Court’s original jurisdiction.

In 2016, the Court decided fourteen criminal cases from Los Angeles.  Orange County was next with eight cases.  The Court decided five cases from San Diego, four from Riverside and Santa Clara, and two from San Bernardino, San Joaquin and Madera counties.  The Court decided one case each from Alameda, Contra Costa, Sacramento, Marin, Stanislaus, Shasta, Tehama, Tulare, Yolo, Monterey and Plumas counties.

Last year, the Court decided eight criminal cases from Los Angeles.  The Court decided six cases from San Diego, five from Riverside, four from San Bernardino, and two cases from Contra Costa, Orange and Sacramento counties.  The Court decided one criminal case from Alameda, Fresno, Imperial, Kern, Santa Clara, Santa Barbara, Tuolumne, Amador, Solano and Kings counties.

Join us back here next Thursday as we turn our attention to a new issue in our ongoing study of the California Supreme Court’s decision making.

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For the past several weeks, we’ve been reviewing the year by year data relating to which counties have produced the Supreme Court’s civil and criminal dockets.  This week, we’ve reached our final part – the years 2014 through 2017.  First up – the civil docket.

In 2014, the Court decided ten civil cases from Los Angeles.  The Court decided two cases from Alameda County, and two on certified question review from the Central District of California.  The Court decided one case each from San Francisco, Sacramento, Riverside, Santa Barbara, Ventura, San Joaquin, Stanislaus, Tuolumne and Tulare counties.

The Court decided eleven civil cases in 2015 from Los Angeles.  Five cases arose from Orange County, three from San Diego and Alameda counties, two from San Francisco, San Bernardino and direct administrative appeals, and one each from Santa Clara, Sacramento, Riverside and Kern counties.

In 2016, the Court decided twenty-two civil cases originating in Los Angeles.  The Court decided two cases each from Sacramento and Riverside counties, and one from San Francisco, San Diego, Orange, San Mateo, Alameda, San Joaquin and Monterey counties, as well as one case on direct administrative appeal, one case under the Court’s original jurisdiction, and one case on certified question appeal from the Southern District of California.

In 2017, the Court decided thirteen civil cases from Los Angeles, three from Sacramento, San Diego and Marin, and two from Orange, Riverside, Santa Barbara and San Bernardino counties, as well as two cases on direct administrative appeal and two on certified question appeal from the Central District of California.  The Court decided one civil case each from Santa Clara, San Francisco, Fresno, Contra Costa and Imperial counties, as well as one case within the Court’s original jurisdiction.

Join us back here tomorrow as we review the Court’s criminal docket for the years 2014 through 2017.

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For the past several weeks, we’ve been reviewing the trial courts which produced the Supreme Court’s civil and criminal dockets since 1994.  This week, we’re looking at the years 2009 through 2013 – first up, the civil docket.

The Supreme Court decided only a dozen civil cases from Los Angeles in 2009.  The Court decided five cases from San Diego, four from Orange County, three from Sacramento, and two from Santa Clara, San Francisco, Riverside, Monterey and San Luis Obispo counties.  The Court decided one civil case each from Sonoma, Marin, Mendocino, Alameda, San Joaquin, San Luis Obispo and Yolo counties.  The Court also heard one civil case on direct appeal from an administrative agency, one case within its original jurisdiction, and one case each on certified questions from the United States District Courts for the Central, Northern and Southern Districts of California.

The Court decided thirteen civil cases from Los Angeles in 2010.  The Court decided five civil cases from Santa Clara and four certified question appeals from the Central District of California.  The Court decided three civil cases each from San Francisco and Orange counties and two from Sacramento and Alameda counties.  The Court decided one civil case from Sonoma, San Diego, Marin, Solano, San Joaquin, San Luis Obispo, Monterey and Yolo counties.  The Court also decided one civil case within its original jurisdiction and one certified question appeal from the Northern District of California.

In 2011, the Court decided fifteen civil cases from Los Angeles.  The rest of the Court’s civil docket was widely scattered – two cases each from San Francisco, San Diego and Orange counties, and two certified question appeals each from the Central and Northern Districts of California.  The Court decided one civil case each from Sacramento, San Bernardino, Contra Costa, Ventura, Alameda and Monterey counties.  The Court also decided one case on direct administrative appeal and one case arising from its original jurisdiction.

In 2012, the Court decided only nine civil cases from Los Angeles.  The Court decided three cases each from San Diego and Orange counties, two from Santa Clara, Sacramento and Alameda counties, and one case each from San Francisco, Riverside, San Mateo and Stanislaus counties, and one case arising in the Court’s original jurisdiction.

In 2013, the Court decided fifteen civil cases from Los Angeles.  The rest of the civil docket was once again widely distributed – two cases from Santa Clara and San Francisco counties, and two certified questions from the Central District of California.  The Court decided one civil case each from Sacramento, San Diego, Orange, Marin, Fresno, Riverside, San Bernardino, Contra Costa and Santa Cruz counties, one case on direct appeal from an administrative agency, and one certified question appeal from the Southern District of California.

Join us back here later today as we address the Court’s criminal docket for the same years.

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Yesterday, we reviewed which counties produced the Supreme Court’s civil docket, year by year, for the years 2004 through 2008.  Today, we’re looking at the criminal docket for the same years.

In 2004, the Court decided sixteen criminal cases from the Los Angeles Superior Court.  It decided nine cases from San Diego, five cases from Orange and San Bernardino counties, four cases from Sacramento and Shasta counties, three cases from Alameda, Contra Costa and Santa Clara counties, and two cases from Riverside, San Joaquin, San Mateo, Mendocino and Solano counties.  The Court decided one criminal case from Fresno, Kern, Butte, Marin, Stanislaus, Tehama, San Luis Obispo, El Dorado and Trinity counties.

In 2005, the Court decided twenty-five criminal cases from Los Angeles.  It decided four criminal cases from Alameda, Kern, Orange and Sacramento counties, three from San Diego and Santa Clara counties, and two from Fresno and San Mateo counties.  The Court decided one case apiece from Riverside, San Joaquin, Marin, Stanislaus, Ventura, Merced, Tuolumne, Tulare and Colusa counties, as well as one case from the State Bar Court.

The Court decided only eleven criminal cases from Los Angeles in 2006.  The Court decided six cases from Santa Clara County, four from Alameda, Kern and Sacramento counties, and three from Orange and San Mateo counties.  The Court decided two criminal cases each from Contra Costa, Fresno, San Francisco and Solano counties.  The Court decided one criminal case each from Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, Santa Cruz, Butte, Santa Barbara, Shasta, Yolo, Kings and San Benito counties.

In 2007, the Court decided nineteen criminal cases from Los Angeles County,  The Court decided seven cases from Orange and San Diego counties, five from Alameda, four from Riverside and San Bernardino counties, three from Santa Clara County, and two from Contra Costa County.  The Court decided one case each from Placer, Sacramento, San Francisco, Ventura, San Luis Obispo and Solano counties.

Finally, in 2008, the Court decided nineteen criminal cases from Los Angeles County.  The Court decided seven cases from Orange and San Diego, five from Alameda, four from Riverside, San Bernardino and Tulare counties, and three from Santa Clara County.  The Court decided two cases from Contra Costa County, and one case each from Placer, Sacramento, San Francisco, Ventura, San Luis Obispo and Solano counties.

Join us back here next Thursday as we review the Court’s civil and criminal dockets for the years 2009 through 2013.

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For the past two weeks, we’ve been considering which county trial courts produce the Court’s civil and criminal dockets, year by year.  This week, we’re looking at the data for the years 2004 through 2008.

In 2008, the Court decided twenty-two civil cases from Los Angeles County.  The Court decided seven cases from San Francisco, five cases from San Diego and Orange County, and three cases from Sacramento County.  The Court decided one case each from Fresno, Riverside, Contra Costa, Kings, Tulare, Santa Cruz, Shasta and Yolo counties, as well as one case from the Court’s original jurisdiction, one direct appeal from the administrative agencies, and one certified question from the United States District Court for the Central District of California.

In 2005, the Court decided sixteen civil cases from Los Angeles.  The Court decided five cases each from San Francisco and Sacramento, four from San Diego, three from Santa Clara and Riverside, and two cases each from Fresno, San Bernardino and Alameda counties.  The Court heard one case from Orange, Marin, Santa Barbara, Kern, Stanislaus and El Dorado counties.  The Court also heard one direct appeal from an administrative agency and one case on certified question review from the United States District Court for the Central District of California.

In 2006, the Court decided eighteen civil cases from Los Angeles, six from San Francisco and five from Sacramento.  The Court decided three cases from Alameda County and three direct appeals from administrative agencies.  The Court decided two civil cases from San Diego, Humboldt, Santa Barbara and San Bernardino counties.  The Court decided one civil case from San Mateo, Kern, San Luis Obispo, Monterey, Tulare, Santa Cruz, Shasta, Sierra and Inyo counties, as well as one case on certified question review from the Central District of California.

In 2007, the Court decided seventeen civil cases from Los Angeles.  The Court decided four cases each from San Francisco, Sacramento and San Diego.  The Court decided three cases from Orange and San Bernardino counties, as well as three cases on direct appeal from administrative agencies.  The Court decided two cases from Santa Clara and Solano counties.  The Court decided one case each from Riverside, Santa Barbara, San Mateo, Contra Costa, Alameda, San Joaquin, Sutter, Kings, Tulare, Shasta, Imperial and Merced counties, and one case on certified question review from the Central District.

In 2008, the Court decided nineteen civil cases from Los Angeles.  The Court decided seven civil cases each from San Diego and Orange counties.  The Court decided five cases from Alameda County and four from Riverside, San Bernardino and Tulare.  The Court decided three cases from Santa Clara County, and two from Contra Costa.  Finally, the Court decided one case each from San Francisco, Sacramento, Solano, Ventura, San Luis Obispo and Placer counties.

Join us back here tomorrow as we review the Court’s criminal, quasi-criminal and disciplinary docket for these same years.

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Yesterday, we reviewed the year by year data on which trial courts produced the Court’s civil docket for the years 1999 through 2003.  Today, we’re looking at the criminal docket.

In 1999, the Court decided nineteen criminal cases from Los Angeles County.  The rest of the docket was quite spread out.  The Court decided three cases from Alameda, Contra Costa, Orange, Santa Clara and Santa Barbara counties.  The Court decided two cases from Riverside, San Diego and San Joaquin counties.  The Court decided one criminal case apiece from Fresno, Kern, San Bernardino, Santa Cruz, Sonoma, Yuba, Lake, San Francisco, Madera, Tuolumne, Tulare, Calaveras, Mendocino and San Luis Obispo counties.

In 2000, the Court decided twenty-five criminal, quasi-criminal and disciplinary cases from Los Angeles.  The Court decided nine cases from San Diego, four from Orange County, three from Santa Clara, two each from Ventura and the State Bar Court, and one case from Alameda, Kern, San Bernardino, San Joaquin, Marin, San Francisco, Madera, Shasta, El Dorado and Solano counties.

In 2001, the Court decided twenty cases from Los Angeles.  The Court decided five cases from Riverside, three from Santa Clara County, two from Fresno, Kern, Sacramento, San Bernardino, Marin, Shasta and Tehama counties, two from the Court’s original jurisdiction and two from the State Bar Court, and one case each from  Contra Costa, San Joaquin, San Mateo, Santa Cruz, Ventura, Solano and Yolo counties.

In 2002, the Court decided nineteen cases from Los Angeles.  The Court decided nine cases from San Diego, six from Orange County, five from Alameda, three from Kern County and two from Sacramento, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Lake, Stanislaus and Shasta counties, and two from the Court’s original jurisdiction.  Finally, the Court decided one case each rising from Fresno, Imperial, San Bernardino, Sonoma, Butte, Marin, San Francisco, Ventura, Tuolumne, Tulare, Solano, Humboldt and Monterey counties.

For the year 2003, the Court decided nineteen criminal cases from Los Angeles County.  The Court decided six cases from Orange County, four from Riverside County and three from Contra Costa, Fresno, Kern, San Diego and El Dorado counties.  The Court decided two cases apiece from San Bernardino, Santa Clara, Shasta and Tulare counties.  The Court decided one criminal case apiece from Alameda, Placer, Sacramento, Butte, Marin, Stanislaus, Tehama, Solano, Monterey, Kings and Lassen counties.

Join us back here next Thursday as we turn to the years 2004 through 2008.

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Last week, we began reviewing the trial courts from which the state Supreme Court’s civil and criminal dockets arise year by year, both here and over on our sister blog the Illinois Supreme Court Review.  This week, we’re reviewing the data for the years 1999-2003 – first, the civil docket.

In 1999, as always, Los Angeles led the way, as the Court decided twenty civil cases originating there.  Santa Clara and Sacramento counties produced four cases apiece; San Francisco and San Diego counties produced three each, and the Court decided three cases arising under its original jurisdiction.  The Court decided two civil cases from Orange County, and one each from Sonoma, Lake, Marin, Santa Barbara, Alameda, San Joaquin, San Luis Obispo, Calaveras and Tuolomne counties, plus one direct administrative appeal and one case from the Council on Judicial Performance.

In 2000, the Court decided twenty-one civil cases originating in trial court in Los Angeles.  The Court decided six cases from San Francisco, three from Santa Clara, two from Sacramento, San Diego, Riverside and San Joaquin, and one case each from Sonoma, Marin, San Bernardino, San Mateo, San Luis Obispo, Monterey and Tulare counties, and one certified question each from the United States District Courts for the Northern and Central Districts of California.

In 2001, the civil caseload from Los Angeles was down to fifteen.  The Court decided eight civil cases from Orange County, four from San Francisco and four from San Diego, and two from Sacramento, San Bernardino and Kern counties, two direct administrative appeals and two certified questions originating in the Central District of California.  The Court decided one civil case each from Marin, Fresno, Riverside, Santa Barbara, San Joaquin and Kings counties.

In 2002, the Court decided fourteen civil cases from Los Angeles County.  The Court decided six cases from San Francisco, three from Orange, San Bernardino and Ventura counties, and two from Santa Clara, Sacramento, San Diego, Fresno and Riverside counties.  The Court decided one case apiece from Sonoma, Marin, Santa Barbara, San Mateo and Contra Costa counties, as well as single certified question appeals from the Northern, Central and Eastern Districts of California.

In 2003, the Court decided a dozen civil cases from Los Angeles.  The Court decided five cases each from San Francisco and Sacramento, three from Santa Clara and San Bernardino counties, and two from Sonoma, Orange and Contra Costa counties.  The Court decided one civil case from Fresno, Riverside, Santa Barbara, Alameda and Kern counties, one direct administrative appeal, and one certified question from the Central District of California.

Join us back here tomorrow as we compare the data for the Court’s criminal docket from these same years.

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