Superior Court of California, County of Fresno / Joined 1989 / Served to 1997

Herbert Irwin Levy

Judge, Superior Court of California, County of Fresno

Herbert Irwin Levy was a Judge of the Superior Court of California, County of Fresno, who joined the court in 1989. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Tenure: 1989–1997 · 7 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1989	Superior Court of California, County of Fresno	–	–

Education

University of California-Davis	Political Science, magna cum laude	1974
University of the Pacific		1977

Judicial Record

In our data, Levy authored 55 published opinions for the court (1998–2010). Most cited: In Re Baby Boy H. v. Sheila H. (173 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.

Selected opinions

Year	Case	Citation	Cited
1998	In Re Baby Boy H. v. Sheila H.	63 Cal. App. 4th 470	173
2007	Porterville Citizens for Responsible Hillside Development v. City of Porterville	69 Cal. Rptr. 3d 105	82
2008	Hansen v. Department of Corrections & Rehabilitation	171 Cal. App. 4th 1537	68
2008	Hailstone v. Martinez	169 Cal. App. 4th 728	57
2008	Arriaga v. CitiCapital Commercial Corp.	167 Cal. App. 4th 1527	38
2001	In Re Crystal J.	111 Cal. Rptr. 2d 646	37
1999	State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance v. Federal Insurance	86 Cal. Rptr. 2d 20	37
2010	People v. Hernandez	181 Cal. App. 4th 1494	35
2009	CANANDAIGUA WINE CO., INC. v. County of Madera	177 Cal. App. 4th 298	34
2009	Johnson v. Arvin-Edison Water Storage District	174 Cal. App. 4th 729	34
2009	Rudnick v. Rudnick	179 Cal. App. 4th 1328	27
2006	Kelton v. Stravinski	41 Cal. Rptr. 3d 877	27
2008	Jamison v. Jamison	164 Cal. App. 4th 714	24
2004	Martinez v. Enterprise Rent-A-Car Co.	13 Cal. Rptr. 3d 857	24
1999	Guzman v. Visalia Community Bank	84 Cal. Rptr. 2d 581	24

Showing the 15 most-cited of 55 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 Superior Court of California, County of Fresno reach the bench?: The court's current selection method is merit selection with retention.
Which court was Herbert Irwin Levy on?: Herbert Irwin Levy was a Judge of the Superior Court of California, County of Fresno.

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7 years on the Superior Court of California, County of Fresno. Data as of 2026-03-31. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).