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 2008 / Served to 2013

Frank Y. Jackson

Associate Justice, California Court of Appeal

Frank Y. Jackson was an Associate Justice of the California Court of Appeal (89 judges, selected by merit selection with retention), who joined the court in 2008. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Tenure: 2008–2013 · 5 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
2008	California Court of Appeal	–	–

Judicial Record

In our data, Jackson authored 17 published opinions for the court (2008–2011), plus 1 concurrence. Most cited: Martin v. Bridgeport Community Assn., Inc. (97 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. 18 of these were attributed to Jackson 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
2009	Martin v. Bridgeport Community Assn., Inc.†	173 Cal. App. 4th 1024	97
2008	People v. Garcia†	74 Cal. Rptr. 3d 681	49
2009	Guimei v. General Electric Co.†	172 Cal. App. 4th 689	42
2009	Garcia v. Santana· Concurrence†	174 Cal. App. 4th 464	34
2009	Rodriguez v. Superior Court†	176 Cal. App. 4th 1461	24
2011	Strong v. State†	201 Cal. App. 4th 1439	19
2009	People v. Ward†	173 Cal. App. 4th 1518	18
2008	Crab Addison, Inc. v. Superior Court†	169 Cal. App. 4th 958	14
2008	Woods v. Union Pacific Railroad†	75 Cal. Rptr. 3d 748	13
2008	People v. Chavez†	73 Cal. Rptr. 3d 189	13
2010	Barnett v. FIRST NATIONAL INS. CO. OF AMERICA†	184 Cal. App. 4th 1454	8
2011	People v. Superior Court†	192 Cal. App. 4th 1352	5
2010	Yoo v. Shewry†	186 Cal. App. 4th 131	5
2008	Korean Air Lines Co. v. County of Los Angeles†	76 Cal. Rptr. 3d 26	4
2010	People v. Miguel H.†	180 Cal. App. 4th 1429	3

Showing the 15 most-cited of 18 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 Frank Y. Jackson on?: Frank Y. Jackson was an Associate Justice of the California Court of Appeal.

Sources

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5 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).