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

California Court of Appeal / Joined 1990 / Served to 1994

Betty Ann Richli

Justice, California Court of Appeal

Betty Ann Richli was a Justice of the California Court of Appeal, who joined the court in 1990. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Tenure: 1990–1994 · 4 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1990	California Court of Appeal	–	–

Judicial Record

In our data, Richli authored 145 published opinions for the court (1995–2010). Most cited: ComputerXpress, Inc. v. Jackson (348 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
2001	ComputerXpress, Inc. v. Jackson	113 Cal. Rptr. 2d 625	348
2003	People v. Morales	5 Cal. Rptr. 3d 615	178
1995	Ludwig v. Superior Court	37 Cal. App. 4th 8	114
1995	Gentry v. City of Murrieta	36 Cal. App. 4th 1359	113
1999	People v. Blackburn	86 Cal. Rptr. 2d 134	110
2003	People v. Sanchez	6 Cal. Rptr. 3d 271	109
1997	People v. Jones	58 Cal. App. 4th 693	107
1995	People v. Douglas	39 Cal. App. 4th 1385	106
1998	Tudor Ranches, Inc. v. State Comp. Ins. Fund	77 Cal. Rptr. 2d 574	97
2005	In Re SB	30 Cal. Rptr. 3d 726	95
2008	Bruni v. Didion	73 Cal. Rptr. 3d 395	94
1995	People v. Garcia	32 Cal. App. 4th 1756	94
1995	Bostrom v. County of San Bernardino	35 Cal. App. 4th 1654	80
1999	People v. Centers	86 Cal. Rptr. 2d 151	79
2004	People v. Lopez	14 Cal. Rptr. 3d 202	75

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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 Betty Ann Richli on?: Betty Ann Richli was a Justice of the California Court of Appeal.

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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).