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 1975 / Served to 1994

Edward A. Hinz Jr.

Associate Justice, California Court of Appeal

Edward A. Hinz Jr. was an Associate Justice of the California Court of Appeal (89 judges, selected by merit selection with retention), who joined the court in 1975. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Tenure: 1975–1994 · 19 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1975	California Court of Appeal	–	–
1990	California Court of Appeal	–	–

Judicial Record

In our data, Hinz authored 15 published opinions for the court (1990–1993), plus 1 dissent. Most cited: DuBarry International, Inc. v. Southwest Forest Industries, Inc. (47 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. 1 of these was attributed to Hinz 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
1991	DuBarry International, Inc. v. Southwest Forest Industries, Inc.· Dissent†	231 Cal. App. 3d 552	47
1992	Mattco Forge, Inc. v. Arthur Young & Co.	5 Cal. App. 4th 392	44
1991	Castro v. Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors	232 Cal. App. 3d 1432	28
1991	Southern Christian Leadership Conference v. Al Malaikah Auditorium Co.	230 Cal. App. 3d 207	22
1992	Nazemi v. Tseng	5 Cal. App. 4th 1633	19
1991	Geilim v. Superior Court	234 Cal. App. 3d 166	14
1993	Arcadia Redevelopment Agency v. Ikemoto	16 Cal. App. 4th 444	10
1991	In Re the Marriage of Nice	230 Cal. App. 3d 444	9
1991	Adler v. Department of Motor Vehicles	228 Cal. App. 3d 252	7
1990	County of Los Angeles v. Superior Court	223 Cal. App. 3d 163	6
1992	People v. Kirk	7 Cal. App. 4th 855	5
1992	Montez v. Superior Court	5 Cal. App. 4th 763	5
1991	Earl of Loveless, Inc. v. Gabele	2 Cal. App. 4th 27	5
1991	People Ex Rel. Department of Transportation v. Salami	2 Cal. App. 4th 37	5
1991	Vaughn v. Noor	233 Cal. App. 3d 14	2

Showing the 15 most-cited of 16 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 Edward A. Hinz Jr. on?: Edward A. Hinz Jr. was an Associate Justice of the California Court of Appeal.

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19 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).