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

California Court of Appeal / Joined 1976 / Served to 1990

Eugene McClosky

Associate Justice, California Court of Appeal

Eugene McClosky was an Associate Justice of the California Court of Appeal, who joined the court in 1976. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Tenure: 1976–1990 · 14 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1976	California Court of Appeal	–	–
1980	California Court of Appeal	–	–

Judicial Record

In our data, McClosky authored 97 published opinions for the court (1980–1989), plus 2 dissents and 1 concurrence. Most cited: Delgado v. Heritage Life Insurance (82 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. 100 of these were attributed to McClosky 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
1984	Delgado v. Heritage Life Insurance†	157 Cal. App. 3d 262	82
1983	Kiseskey v. Carpenters' Trust for Southern California†	144 Cal. App. 3d 222	80
1983	Ferrell v. Southern Nevada Off-Road Enthusiasts, Ltd.†	147 Cal. App. 3d 309	52
1984	C & H. FOODS CO. v. Hartford Ins. Co.†	163 Cal. App. 3d 1055	49
1980	Fisher v. Superior Court†	103 Cal. App. 3d 434	45
1983	Balboa Insurance v. Aguirre†	149 Cal. App. 3d 1002	44
1986	Rotary Club of Duarte v. Board of Directors of Rotary International†	178 Cal. App. 3d 1035	41
1989	Lee v. Escrow Consultants, Inc.†	210 Cal. App. 3d 915	37
1984	Ohio Casualty Insurance v. Hubbard†	162 Cal. App. 3d 939	35
1980	Graydon v. Pasadena Redevelopment Agency†	104 Cal. App. 3d 631	35
1988	People v. Vargas· Concurrence†	204 Cal. App. 3d 1455	31
1984	Muraoka v. Budget Rent-A-Car, Inc.†	160 Cal. App. 3d 107	31
1986	Nazar v. Rodeffer†	184 Cal. App. 3d 546	30
1985	McCollum v. Friendly Hills Travel Center†	172 Cal. App. 3d 83	30
1984	In Re Marriage of Stephenson†	162 Cal. App. 3d 1057	29

Showing the 15 most-cited of 100 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 Eugene McClosky on?: Eugene McClosky was an Associate Justice of the California Court of Appeal.

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14 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).