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 1966 / Served to 1969

Conrad J. Moss

Justice, California Court of Appeal

Conrad J. Moss was a Justice of the California Court of Appeal, who joined the court in 1966. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Tenure: 1966–1969 · 2 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1966	California Court of Appeal	–	–

Judicial Record

In our data, Moss authored 33 published opinions for the court (1967–1969), plus 1 dissent. Most cited: People v. Wohlleben (41 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. 6 of these were attributed to Moss 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
1968	People v. Wohlleben	261 Cal. App. 2d 461	41
1968	People v. Slutts	259 Cal. App. 2d 886	34
1967	Universal Underwriters Ins. Co. v. AETNA INS. CO. OF HARTFORD	249 Cal. App. 2d 144	34
1968	People v. Ceccone	260 Cal. App. 2d 886	33
1967	People v. Allen	254 Cal. App. 2d 597	30
1967	Scott, Blake & Wynne v. Summit Ridge Estates, Inc.	251 Cal. App. 2d 347	30
1967	People v. Welborn†	257 Cal. App. 2d 513	27
1967	Nilsson v. City of Los Angeles	249 Cal. App. 2d 976	24
1968	Flamer v. Superior Court	266 Cal. App. 2d 907	22
1967	People v. Welborn	257 Cal. App. 2d 513	22
1967	People Ex Rel. Department of Public Works v. Curtis	255 Cal. App. 2d 378	22
1967	Jackson v. Board of Education	250 Cal. App. 2d 856	18
1968	Riebe v. Budget Financial Corp.	264 Cal. App. 2d 576	16
1968	People v. Nunn	264 Cal. App. 2d 919	15
1968	People v. Orozco†	266 Cal. App. 2d 507	14

Showing the 15 most-cited of 34 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 Conrad J. Moss on?: Conrad J. Moss 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).