Supreme Court of California

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court of last resort judicial body state supreme court

The Supreme Court of California is the state's highest judicial authority, serving as the court of last resort and overseeing the interpretation of California law and the state constitution.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Supreme Court of California canonical	39
California Supreme Court	17
California Supreme Court (as Chief Justice)	1
California Supreme Court (in limited circumstances)	1
Supreme Court of California (for administrative policy)	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	court of last resort ⓘ judicial body ⓘ state supreme court ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	California, United States ⓘ surface form: State of California
appointingAuthorityForJudges	Governor of California ⓘ
authorityDerivedFrom	Article VI of the California Constitution ⓘ
bindingPrecedentFor	all California state courts ⓘ
canAnswerCertifiedQuestionsFrom	federal courts ⓘ other state courts ⓘ
canPromulgate	California Rules of Court ⓘ
canReview	statewide initiatives and ballot measures for legal challenges ⓘ
capitalOf	none ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
establishedInYear	1850 ⓘ
foundedBy	Constitution of California ⓘ surface form: California Constitution
governs	practice and procedure in California state courts ⓘ
handles	appeals on questions of California law ⓘ
hasCourtLocation	Los Angeles, California, United States of America ⓘ surface form: Los Angeles, California Sacramento ⓘ surface form: Sacramento, California San Francisco ⓘ surface form: San Francisco, California
hasDiscretionaryJurisdictionOver	most civil cases ⓘ most criminal cases ⓘ
hasMandatoryJurisdictionOver	death penalty appeals ⓘ
hasPart	Associate Justices of the Supreme Court of California ⓘ Chief Justice of California ⓘ
hearsCasesIn	Los Angeles ⓘ Sacramento ⓘ San Francisco ⓘ
highestCourtInJurisdiction	California, United States ⓘ surface form: California
interprets	California case law precedent ⓘ Constitution of California ⓘ statutory law of California ⓘ
judgesConfirmedBy	California Commission on Judicial Appointments ⓘ
judgesRetainedBy	California voters ⓘ
jurisdiction	California, United States ⓘ surface form: California
languageOfWork	English ⓘ
legalSystem	common law ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	California, United States ⓘ surface form: California
mayReview	death penalty judgments from California trial courts ⓘ
numberOfPositions	7 ⓘ
officialWebsite	https://www.courts.ca.gov/supremecourt.htm ⓘ
oversees	State Bar of California (discipline and admission) ⓘ
partOf	Judicial Branch of California ⓘ
reviews	decisions of California Courts of Appeal ⓘ
seat	San Francisco ⓘ surface form: San Francisco, California
shortName	Supreme Court of California self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: California Supreme Court
termLengthOfJudges	12 years ⓘ
typeOfCourt	court of record ⓘ

Referenced by (59)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Constitution of California → establishesBody → Supreme Court of California ⓘ

California Third District Court of Appeal → parentCourt → Supreme Court of California ⓘ

California Third District Court of Appeal → decisionsReviewableBy → Supreme Court of California ⓘ

Government of California → highestCourt → Supreme Court of California ⓘ

Office of the Governor of California → cooperatesWith → Supreme Court of California ⓘ

Regents of the University of California v. Bakke → originatingCourt → Supreme Court of California ⓘ

Supreme Court of California → shortName → Supreme Court of California self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: California Supreme Court

California Courts of Appeal → higherCourt → Supreme Court of California ⓘ

California Courts of Appeal → subjectToReviewBy → Supreme Court of California ⓘ

Los Angeles County Superior Court → higherCourt → Supreme Court of California ⓘ

California Rules of Professional Conduct → authorizedBy → Supreme Court of California ⓘ

this entity surface form: California Supreme Court

California Rules of Professional Conduct → promulgatedBy → Supreme Court of California ⓘ

this entity surface form: California Supreme Court

Judicial Branch of California → hasComponent → Supreme Court of California ⓘ

Judicial Branch of California → highestCourt → Supreme Court of California ⓘ

California state law → hasJudicialAuthority → Supreme Court of California ⓘ

this entity surface form: California Supreme Court

Superior Court of California, County of Stanislaus → higherCourt → Supreme Court of California ⓘ

California Rules of Court → appliesTo → Supreme Court of California ⓘ

this entity surface form: California Supreme Court

Judicial Council of California → governs → Supreme Court of California ⓘ

this entity surface form: Supreme Court of California (for administrative policy)

Superior Court of California, County of San Francisco → higherCourt → Supreme Court of California ⓘ

Superior Court of California, County of San Francisco → appealsTo → Supreme Court of California ⓘ

Superior Court of California, County of Fresno → ultimateReviewBy → Supreme Court of California ⓘ

Superior Court of California, County of Ventura → subordinateTo → Supreme Court of California ⓘ

Chief Justice of California → presidingOfficerOf → Supreme Court of California ⓘ

Chief Justice of California → memberOf → Supreme Court of California ⓘ

Chief Justice of California → worksAt → Supreme Court of California ⓘ

California Commission on Judicial Appointments → appliesToCourt → Supreme Court of California ⓘ

State Bar of California (discipline and admission) → parentOrganization → Supreme Court of California ⓘ

subject surface form: State Bar of California

Article VI of the California Constitution → establishes → Supreme Court of California ⓘ

Bakke → lowerCourt → Supreme Court of California ⓘ

State Bar of California → parentOrganization → Supreme Court of California ⓘ

State Bar of California → supervisedBy → Supreme Court of California ⓘ

California courts → highestCourt → Supreme Court of California ⓘ

California courts → hasPart → Supreme Court of California ⓘ

Fourth Appellate District → below → Supreme Court of California ⓘ

Fourth Appellate District → decisionsCanBeReviewedBy → Supreme Court of California ⓘ

Second Appellate District → below → Supreme Court of California ⓘ

Sixth Appellate District → subjectToReviewBy → Supreme Court of California ⓘ

appellate division → subjectToReviewBy → Supreme Court of California ⓘ

subject surface form: Appellate Division of the Los Angeles County Superior Court

this entity surface form: California Supreme Court (in limited circumstances)

California Bar → supervisedBy → Supreme Court of California ⓘ

subject surface form: State Bar of California

Fifth Appellate District → subjectToReviewBy → Supreme Court of California ⓘ

this entity surface form: California Supreme Court

Patricia Guerrero → memberOf → Supreme Court of California ⓘ

Patricia Guerrero → isPartOf → Supreme Court of California ⓘ

this entity surface form: California Supreme Court (as Chief Justice)

criminal division → subjectToReviewBy → Supreme Court of California ⓘ

subject surface form: Criminal Division (Superior Court of California, County of San Joaquin)

this entity surface form: California Supreme Court

California Evidence Code → usedBy → Supreme Court of California ⓘ

this entity surface form: California Supreme Court

California Court of Appeal, First Appellate District → appealsTo → Supreme Court of California ⓘ

Mono Lake water rights litigation → court → Supreme Court of California ⓘ

this entity surface form: California Supreme Court

Bridges v. California → overturnedLowerCourt → Supreme Court of California ⓘ

Title 8 Appellate Rules → appliesTo → Supreme Court of California ⓘ

this entity surface form: California Supreme Court

Stephen Johnson Field → memberOf → Supreme Court of California ⓘ

Criminal Division → subjectToReviewBy → Supreme Court of California ⓘ

subject surface form: Criminal Division (Superior Court of California, County of San Diego)

this entity surface form: California Supreme Court