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 1968 / Served to 1973

Harold W. Schweitzer

Justice, California Court of Appeal

Harold W. Schweitzer was a Justice of the California Court of Appeal, who joined the court in 1968. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Tenure: 1968–1973 · 4 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1968	California Court of Appeal	–	–

Judicial Record

In our data, Schweitzer authored 32 published opinions for the court (1969–1973), plus 1 dissent. Most cited: Associated Convalescent Enterprises v. Carl Marks & Co. (66 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. 4 of these were attributed to Schweitzer 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
1973	Associated Convalescent Enterprises v. Carl Marks & Co.	33 Cal. App. 3d 116	66
1972	Richardson v. Employers Liability Assurance Corp.	25 Cal. App. 3d 232	62
1969	Bradler v. Craig	274 Cal. App. 2d 466	60
1969	Avner v. Longridge Estates	272 Cal. App. 2d 607	56
1970	Timmsen v. Forest E. Olson, Inc.	6 Cal. App. 3d 860	41
1970	Clejan v. Reisman	5 Cal. App. 3d 224	35
1971	People v. Schiers	19 Cal. App. 3d 102	28
1971	Deboe v. Horn	16 Cal. App. 3d 221	28
1973	Kirkpatrick v. Joseph A.	30 Cal. App. 3d 880	26
1972	People v. Roberts	26 Cal. App. 3d 385	24
1970	Rees v. Layton	6 Cal. App. 3d 815	24
1973	Foster v. McFadden· Dissent†	30 Cal. App. 3d 943	23
1971	Cristmat, Inc. v. County of Los Angeles	15 Cal. App. 3d 590	19
1969	People v. Boddie	274 Cal. App. 2d 408	19
1973	People v. Ward	30 Cal. App. 3d 130	18

Showing the 15 most-cited of 33 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 Harold W. Schweitzer on?: Harold W. Schweitzer was a Justice of the California Court of Appeal.

Sources

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4 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).