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California Court of Appeal / Joined 1905 / Served to 1907

Abraham Jay Buckles

Justice, California Court of Appeal

Abraham Jay Buckles was a Justice of the California Court of Appeal, who joined the court in 1905. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1846–1915
Tenure: 1905–1907 · 2 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1905	California Court of Appeal	–	–

Judicial Record

In our data, Buckles authored 54 published opinions for the court (1905–1906). Most cited: Moreing v. Weber (22 citations).

Published, precedential opinions from the CourtListener corpus. Counts and rankings are objective and recomputable: how we count. We describe the record, not the judge.

Selected opinions

Year	Case	Citation	Cited
1906	Moreing v. Weber	84 P. 220	22
1905	Culp v. Culp	83 P. 89	19
1905	Enscoe v. Fletcher	82 P. 1075	19
1905	In Re Mitchell	82 P. 347	15
1906	People v. Hemple	87 P. 227	14
1905	Harrington v. Pardee	82 P. 83	12
1906	Bowen v. Sierra Lumber Co.	84 P. 1010	10
1905	In Re Myrtle	84 P. 335	9
1906	Hersperger v. Pacific Lumber Co.	88 P. 587	7
1906	Best Manufacturing Co. v. Cohn	86 P. 829	6
1906	McRae v. Blakeley	84 P. 679	6
1906	Fabian v. Lammers	84 P. 432	6
1906	Rogers v. Overacker	87 P. 1107	5
1906	Davis v. Trachsler	86 P. 610	5
1906	People v. Grill	86 P. 613	5

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Questions & answers

How do judges of the California Court of Appeal reach the bench?: The court's current selection method is merit selection with retention.
Which court was Abraham Jay Buckles on?: Abraham Jay Buckles was a Justice of the California Court of Appeal.

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2 years on the California Court of Appeal. Data as of 2026-03-31. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).