Superior Court of California, County of Ventura / Joined 1983 / Served to 1995

James B.M. McNally

Judge, Superior Court of California, County of Ventura

James B.M. McNally was a Judge of the Superior Court of California, County of Ventura (21 judges, selected by merit selection with retention), who joined the court in 1983. They previously served on the New York Appellate Division. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1896–1982
Tenure: 1983–1995 · 12 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1957	New York Appellate Division	–	–
1983	Superior Court of California, County of Ventura	–	–

Judicial Record

In our data, McNally authored 172 published opinions for the court (1957–1972), plus 112 dissents and 14 concurrences. Most cited: Slavin v. Whispell (47 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. 298 of these were attributed to McNally 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
1958	Slavin v. Whispell†	5 A.D.2d 296	47
1957	Kristt v. Whelan†	4 A.D.2d 195	45
1965	Hillsley v. State Bank of Albany†	24 A.D.2d 28	34
1964	Amkraut v. Hults· Dissent†	21 A.D.2d 260	34
1972	Legislative Conference v. Board of Higher Education· Concurrence†	38 A.D.2d 478	26
1968	Padilla v. Greyhound Lines, Inc.†	29 A.D.2d 495	26
1965	Pease & Elliman, Inc. v. 926 Park Avenue Corp.†	23 A.D.2d 361	23
1958	Green v. Morningside Heights Housing Corp.· Dissent†	7 A.D.2d 708	23
1970	People v. Ramos· Dissent†	33 A.D.2d 344	21
1957	Augstein v. Levey†	3 A.D.2d 595	21
1970	Rios v. Rios†	34 A.D.2d 325	20
1964	Herbert Rosenthal Jewelry Corp. v. St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance· Dissent†	21 A.D.2d 160	20
1959	Farano v. Stephanelli· Dissent†	7 A.D.2d 420	20
1968	Xerox Corp. v. Neises· Dissent†	31 A.D.2d 195	18
1968	Kotkin v. Kerner· Dissent†	29 A.D.2d 367	18

Showing the 15 most-cited of 298 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 Ventura reach the bench?: The court's current selection method is merit selection with retention.
Which court was James B.M. McNally on?: James B.M. McNally was a Judge of the Superior Court of California, County of Ventura.

Sources

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