How do judges of the California Court of Appeal reach the bench?

The court's current selection method is merit selection with retention.

California Court of Appeal / Joined 1958 / Served to 1963

Arthur C. Shepard

Justice, California Court of Appeal

Arthur C. Shepard was a Justice of the California Court of Appeal, who joined the court in 1958. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1897–1972
Tenure: 1958–1963 · 4 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1958	California Court of Appeal	–	–

Judicial Record

In our data, Shepard authored 264 published opinions for the court (1950–1963). Most cited: Mervynne v. Acker (69 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. 37 of these were attributed to Shepard by a unique court-, date-, and surname-match against our roster (marked ), because CourtListener recorded no author for them. Each links to the official text to verify. How we match.

Selected opinions

Year	Case	Citation	Cited
1961	Mervynne v. Acker	189 Cal. App. 2d 558	69
1961	Columbia Southern Chemical Corp. v. Manufacturers & Wholesalers Indemnity Exchange	190 Cal. App. 2d 194	52
1960	Knapp v. City of Newport Beach	186 Cal. App. 2d 669	40
1960	People v. Gonzales	182 Cal. App. 2d 276	40
1959	People v. Brajevich	344 P.2d 815	32
1959	Rubinow v. County of San Bernardino	169 Cal. App. 2d 67	27
1962	People v. Mitchell	209 Cal. App. 2d 312	26
1961	Estate of Helfman	193 Cal. App. 2d 652	26
1961	People v. Myles	189 Cal. App. 2d 42	26
1960	Syson v. Rogers	184 Cal. App. 2d 111	26
1962	City of Imperial Beach v. Algert	200 Cal. App. 2d 48	25
1961	People v. Porter	196 Cal. App. 2d 684	25
1960	Moriarty v. Carlson	184 Cal. App. 2d 51	23
1960	Gowens v. City of Bakersfield	179 Cal. App. 2d 282	23
1960	People v. Mason	183 Cal. App. 2d 168	21

Showing the 15 most-cited of 264 authored opinions in our data. “Cited” is inbound citations across the CourtListener corpus. Case links open the ruling’s full text (CourtListener) or its page here; read the methodology and verify against the primary source.

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 Arthur C. Shepard on?: Arthur C. Shepard was a Justice of the California Court of Appeal.

Sources

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4 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).