Judicial Branch of California

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branch of government state court system

The Judicial Branch of California is the state’s court system responsible for interpreting and applying California law through the Supreme Court, Courts of Appeal, and superior courts.

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All labels observed (9)

Label	Occurrences
Judicial Branch of California canonical	39
California state court system	17
Judicial branch of California	6
California court system	5
California judiciary	4
judicial branch of California	3
California judicial branch	2
California Judicial Branch	1
state courts of California	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	branch of government ⓘ state court system ⓘ
administeredBy	Judicial Council of California ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Judicial Branch of California ⓘ surface form: California Judicial Branch California courts ⓘ surface form: California court system
appliesLawOf	California, United States ⓘ surface form: State of California
chiefJudgeTitle	Chief Justice of California ⓘ
constitutionalArticle	Article VI of the California Constitution ⓘ
constitutionalBasis	Constitution of California ⓘ surface form: California Constitution
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
currentChiefJustice	Patricia Guerrero ⓘ
employs	court staff ⓘ judges ⓘ justices ⓘ
fundingSource	California, United States ⓘ surface form: State of California
governingBody	Judicial Council of California ⓘ
handles	civil cases ⓘ criminal cases ⓘ family law cases ⓘ juvenile cases ⓘ probate cases ⓘ traffic cases ⓘ
hasAdditionalSupremeCourtLocations	Los Angeles ⓘ Sacramento ⓘ
hasComponent	California Courts of Appeal ⓘ California Superior Courts ⓘ surface form: California superior courts Supreme Court of California ⓘ
hasJurisdictionOver	California, United States ⓘ surface form: California
hasOfficialWebsite	https://www.courts.ca.gov ⓘ
hasSeatOfSupremeCourt	San Francisco ⓘ
headedBy	Chief Justice of California ⓘ
highestCourt	Supreme Court of California ⓘ
intermediateAppellateCourts	California Courts of Appeal ⓘ
interpretsLawOf	California, United States ⓘ surface form: State of California
language	English ⓘ
locationJurisdiction	California, United States ⓘ surface form: State of California
numberOfCourtsOfAppealDistricts	6 ⓘ
numberOfSuperiorCourts	58 ⓘ
numberOfSupremeCourtJustices	7 ⓘ
oneSuperiorCourtPer	county ⓘ
overseenBy	Chief Justice of California ⓘ
partOf	Government of California ⓘ
policyMakingBody	Judicial Council of California ⓘ
responsibility	administration of justice in California ⓘ adoption of statewide court rules ⓘ application of California law ⓘ interpretation of California law ⓘ oversight of court administration ⓘ review of lower court decisions ⓘ
trialCourts	California Superior Courts ⓘ surface form: California superior courts

Referenced by (78)

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

Government of California → hasPart → Judicial Branch of California ⓘ

Government of California → judicialBody → Judicial Branch of California ⓘ

Los Angeles deputy district attorney → legalSystem → Judicial Branch of California ⓘ

this entity surface form: California state court system

California Superior Courts → partOf → Judicial Branch of California ⓘ

this entity surface form: California court system

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

California Courts of Appeal → partOf → Judicial Branch of California ⓘ

this entity surface form: California court system

Los Angeles County Superior Court → partOf → Judicial Branch of California ⓘ

Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center → partOf → Judicial Branch of California ⓘ

this entity surface form: California court system

Judicial Branch of California → alsoKnownAs → Judicial Branch of California ⓘ

this entity surface form: California Judicial Branch

Superior Court of California, County of Sonoma → partOf → Judicial Branch of California ⓘ

Superior Court of California, County of San Joaquin → courtSystem → Judicial Branch of California ⓘ

this entity surface form: California state court system

Superior Court of California, County of San Joaquin → partOf → Judicial Branch of California ⓘ

Superior Court of California, County of Stanislaus → partOf → Judicial Branch of California ⓘ

Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara → courtSystem → Judicial Branch of California ⓘ

this entity surface form: California state court system

Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara → partOf → Judicial Branch of California ⓘ

this entity surface form: Judicial branch of California

Superior Court of California, County of San Luis Obispo → partOf → Judicial Branch of California ⓘ

Superior Court of California, County of Marin → courtSystem → Judicial Branch of California ⓘ

Superior Court of California, County of San Diego → courtSystem → Judicial Branch of California ⓘ

Superior Court of California, County of Orange → courtSystem → Judicial Branch of California ⓘ

this entity surface form: California state court system

Superior Court of California, County of Orange → isPartOf → Judicial Branch of California ⓘ

Judicial Council of California → partOf → Judicial Branch of California ⓘ

Superior Court of California, County of San Bernardino → courtSystem → Judicial Branch of California ⓘ

Superior Court of California, County of Riverside → partOf → Judicial Branch of California ⓘ

Superior Court of California, County of Alameda → partOf → Judicial Branch of California ⓘ

Superior Court of California, County of Sacramento → courtSystem → Judicial Branch of California ⓘ

Superior Court of California, County of San Francisco → courtSystem → Judicial Branch of California ⓘ

this entity surface form: California state court system

Superior Court of California, County of San Francisco → partOf → Judicial Branch of California ⓘ

Superior Court of California, County of Fresno → branchOf → Judicial Branch of California ⓘ

this entity surface form: Judicial branch of California

Superior Court of California, County of Kern → partOf → Judicial Branch of California ⓘ

Superior Court of California, County of San Mateo → partOf → Judicial Branch of California ⓘ

this entity surface form: California state court system

Superior Court of California, County of Tulare → partOf → Judicial Branch of California ⓘ

this entity surface form: California judicial branch

Superior Court of California, County of Ventura → partOf → Judicial Branch of California ⓘ

this entity surface form: California court system

Superior Court of California, County of Placer → partOf → Judicial Branch of California ⓘ

Superior Court of California, County of Monterey → partOf → Judicial Branch of California ⓘ

Superior Court of California, County of Monterey → isLocalArmOf → Judicial Branch of California ⓘ

Chief Justice of California → partOf → Judicial Branch of California ⓘ

Chief Justice of California → headOf → Judicial Branch of California ⓘ

Chief Justice of California → branch → Judicial Branch of California ⓘ

this entity surface form: Judicial branch of California

Article VI of the California Constitution → jurisdiction → Judicial Branch of California ⓘ

this entity surface form: judicial branch of California

Article VI of the California Constitution → governs → Judicial Branch of California ⓘ

this entity surface form: California judicial branch

Superior Court of California, County of Napa → partOf → Judicial Branch of California ⓘ

this entity surface form: California state court system

Edwin B. Crocker → memberOf → Judicial Branch of California ⓘ

this entity surface form: California judiciary

California courts → branchOfGovernment → Judicial Branch of California ⓘ

this entity surface form: Judicial branch of California

Sixth Appellate District → branchOf → Judicial Branch of California ⓘ

this entity surface form: Judicial branch of California

El Dorado County Courthouse → partOf → Judicial Branch of California ⓘ

this entity surface form: California court system