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California Court of Appeal / Joined 1984 / Served to 1994

Henry Trumbull Moore Jr.

Associate Justice, California Court of Appeal

Henry Trumbull Moore Jr. was an Associate Justice of the California Court of Appeal, who joined the court in 1984. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1932–1994
Tenure: 1984–1994 · 9 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1984	California Court of Appeal	–	–
1988	California Court of Appeal	–	–

Judicial Record

In our data, Moore authored 67 published opinions for the court (1985–1994), plus 3 dissents and 3 concurrences. Most cited: In Re Jason L. (159 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. 15 of these were attributed to Moore 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
1990	In Re Jason L.	222 Cal. App. 3d 1206	159
1992	People v. Trotter	7 Cal. App. 4th 363	129
1991	People v. Weddle	1 Cal. App. 4th 1190	90
1991	In Re Megan B.	235 Cal. App. 3d 942	59
1991	People v. Gamez	235 Cal. App. 3d 957	53
1992	Smith v. Superior Court	10 Cal. App. 4th 1033	46
1991	People v. Harvey	233 Cal. App. 3d 1206	46
1991	Laguna Auto Body v. Farmers Insurance Exchange	231 Cal. App. 3d 481	41
1992	In Re Marriage of Iverson· Concurrence†	11 Cal. App. 4th 1495	39
1992	Scharlin v. Superior Court	9 Cal. App. 4th 162	37
1992	People v. Taylor· Dissent†	6 Cal. App. 4th 1084	36
1993	Torres v. City of Yorba Linda	13 Cal. App. 4th 1035	35
1992	Shiley Inc. v. Superior Court	4 Cal. App. 4th 126	34
1993	Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. v. SUPERIOR COURT OF ORANGE CTY.	19 Cal. App. 4th 320	33
1993	Millan v. Restaurant Enterprises Group, Inc.	14 Cal. App. 4th 477	33

Showing the 15 most-cited of 73 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 Henry Trumbull Moore Jr. on?: Henry Trumbull Moore Jr. was an Associate Justice of the California Court of Appeal.

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9 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).