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Appellate and Writ Review Under Trial Court Unification - Study J-1310
As a result of unification of the superior and municipal courts, each superior
court's appellate division reviews appeals and writs taken from its own court. This type of peer
review creates at least an appearance of impropriety. The Commission has circulated a tentative
recommendation to create a limited jurisdiction division within each court of appeal district,
replacing the individual superior court appellate divisions.
The Commission has discontinued further work on this project due to state
budgetary constraints on court operations. The Commission may reactivate this study in the future,
as circumstances warrant.
Related Material
Tentative Recommendations and Other Requests for Comment
- Tentative Rec. -- Appellate and Writ Review Under Trial Court Unification (November 2001)
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Meeting Minutes
- November 21, 2003 Meeting in Burbank
- September 18-19, 2003 Meeting in Burbank
- July 11-12, 2002 Meeting in Sacramento
- May 16-17, 2002 Meeting in Sacramento
- September 20-21, 2001 Meeting in San Francisco
- June 29, 2001 Meeting in Sacramento
- October 14-15, 1999 Meeting in Sacramento
- June 24-25, 1999 Meeting in Sacramento
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Staff Memoranda
- Memo 2003-38 -- Appellate and Writ Review Under Trial Court Unification: Ad Hoc Task Force Proposal (10/30/2003)
- Memo 2003-15 -- Appellate and Writ Review Under Trial Court Unification: Survey of Attorney Perceptions (8/7/2003)
- Memo 2002-32 -- Appellate and Writ Review Under Trial Court Unification: Review of Commissioner Decisions (6/27/2002)
- Memo 2002-22 -- Appellate and Writ Review Under Trial Court Unification (Comments on Tentative Recommendation) (5/4/2002)
- Memo 2001-90 -- Appellate Jurisdiction of Court of Appeal (Draft of Tentative Recommendation) (10/12/2001)
- Memo 2001-66 -- Trial Court Unification: Cases Within Jurisdiction of Court of Appeal on June 30, 1995 (8/3/2001)
- Memo 2001-56 -- Statutes Made Obsolete by Trial Court Restructuring: Discussion of Issues (6/15/2001)
- Memo 99-73 -- Trial Court Unification: Catalog of Cases within Jurisdiction of Court of Appeal on June 30, 1995 (10/7/99)
- Memo 99-31, Supp. 1 -- Trial Court Unification: Catalog of Cases (Judicial Council Activities) (6/18/99)
- Memo 99-31 -- Trial Court Unification: Catalog of Cases Within Jurisdiction of Court of Appeal on June 30, 1995 (6/4/99)