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 1974 / Served to 1992

Fred W. Marler Jr.

Associate Justice, California Court of Appeal

Fred W. Marler Jr. was an Associate Justice of the California Court of Appeal (89 judges, selected by merit selection with retention), who joined the court in 1974. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1932–1998
Tenure: 1974–1992 · 17 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1974	California Court of Appeal	–	–
1987	California Court of Appeal	–	–

Judicial Record

In our data, Marler authored 29 published opinions for the court (1987–1992), plus 1 dissent. Most cited: People v. Smith (123 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. 2 of these were attributed to Marler 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
1989	People v. Smith	211 Cal. App. 3d 523	123
1991	Jauregui v. Mid-Century Insurance· Dissent†	1 Cal. App. 4th 1544	33
1991	U.S. Roofing, Inc. v. Credit Alliance Corp.	228 Cal. App. 3d 1431	29
1990	People v. Nonnette	221 Cal. App. 3d 659	27
1990	Turnbull & Turnbull v. Ara Transportation, Inc.	219 Cal. App. 3d 811	26
1989	Meissner v. Paulson	212 Cal. App. 3d 785	26
1988	California Aviation Council v. County of Amador	200 Cal. App. 3d 337	21
1991	Lusardi Construction Co. v. California Occupational Safety & Health Appeals Board	1 Cal. App. 4th 639	20
1990	Trustees of Capital Wholesale Electric Co. Profit Sharing & Trust Fund v. Shearson Lehman Bros.	221 Cal. App. 3d 617	20
1991	Johnson v. Simonelli	231 Cal. App. 3d 105	19
1992	Yue v. City of Auburn	3 Cal. App. 4th 751	18
1988	People v. Booth	201 Cal. App. 3d 1499	16
1992	Capitol City Foods, Inc. v. Superior Court	5 Cal. App. 4th 1042	14
1991	California Insrance Guarantee Ass'n v. Argonaut Insurance	227 Cal. App. 3d 624	14
1990	Dickison v. Howen	220 Cal. App. 3d 1471	14

Showing the 15 most-cited of 30 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 Fred W. Marler Jr. on?: Fred W. Marler Jr. was an Associate Justice of the California Court of Appeal.

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17 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).