Supreme Court of California

Creation Date

1849

Entity Type

Organization

Judicial body vested with authority over civil and criminal matters. Article VI of the state's first Constitution provided for a Supreme Court consisting of a chief justice and two associate justices. The Supreme Court expanded in 1862 to include five instead of three justices. Civil War-era justice(s): Stephen J. Field (1857-1863), Joseph G. Baldwin (1858-1862), W. W. Cope (1859-1864), Edward Norton (1861-1864), E. B. Crocker (1863-1864), Silas W. Sanderson (1864-1870), John Currey (1864-1868), Lorenzo Sawyer (1864-1870), Augustus L. Rhodes (1864-1880), and Oscar L. Shafter (1864-1867).

The Supreme Court of California: Containing the Internal Operating Practices and Procedures of the California Supreme Court, Seventh Edition (San Francisco, CA: Supreme Court of California, 2019),11, 13, 55.

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