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 1990

Hugh Arthur Evans

Associate Justice, California Court of Appeal

Hugh Arthur Evans 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: 1922–2010
Tenure: 1974–1990 · 16 yrs

Judicial service

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

Judicial Record

In our data, Evans authored 170 published opinions for the court (1970–1993), plus 14 dissents and 11 concurrences. Most cited: Outboard Marine Corp. v. Superior Court (113 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. 50 of these were attributed to Evans 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
1975	Outboard Marine Corp. v. Superior Court	52 Cal. App. 3d 30	113
1988	Hanif v. Housing Authority	200 Cal. App. 3d 635	95
1984	Andalon v. Superior Court· Concurrence†	162 Cal. App. 3d 600	75
1984	St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance v. Superior Court	161 Cal. App. 3d 1199	73
1976	People v. Perry	60 Cal. App. 3d 608	60
1975	People v. Romo	47 Cal. App. 3d 976	60
1979	County of Sacramento v. Lackner	97 Cal. App. 3d 576	57
1988	Ray v. Farmers Insurance Exchange	200 Cal. App. 3d 1411	52
1985	Pierce v. Pacific Gas & Electric Co.· Dissent†	166 Cal. App. 3d 68	50
1979	Residents Ad Hoc Stadium Committee v. Board of Trustees	89 Cal. App. 3d 274	46
1986	California State Employees' Ass'n v. State Personnel Board· Dissent†	178 Cal. App. 3d 372	45
1979	O'Shea v. Claude C. Wood Co.· Concurrence†	97 Cal. App. 3d 903	45
1990	Board of Supervisors v. McMahon· Concurrence†	219 Cal. App. 3d 286	44
1977	Martin v. Cook	68 Cal. App. 3d 799	44
1984	Wutzke v. Bill Reid Painting Service, Inc.	151 Cal. App. 3d 36	41

Showing the 15 most-cited of 195 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 Hugh Arthur Evans on?: Hugh Arthur Evans was an Associate Justice of the California Court of Appeal.

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16 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).