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California Court of Appeal / Joined 1962 / Served to 1976

John B. Molinari

Justice, California Court of Appeal

John B. Molinari was a Justice of the California Court of Appeal, who joined the court in 1962. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Tenure: 1962–1976 · 14 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1962	California Court of Appeal	–	–

Judicial Record

In our data, Molinari authored 432 published opinions for the court (1960–1977), plus 3 dissents and 3 concurrences. Most cited: Fibreboard Paper Products Corp. v. East Bay Union of MacHinists, Local 1304 (177 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. 47 of these were attributed to Molinari 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
1964	Fibreboard Paper Products Corp. v. East Bay Union of MacHinists, Local 1304	227 Cal. App. 2d 675	177
1962	Associated Vendors, Inc. v. Oakland Meat Co.	210 Cal. App. 2d 825	162
1974	In Re Olson	37 Cal. App. 3d 783	138
1968	Lysick v. Walcom	258 Cal. App. 2d 136	135
1965	Rich v. State Board of Optometry	235 Cal. App. 2d 591	134
1971	Venuto v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp.	22 Cal. App. 3d 116	105
1962	Cahill Bros., Inc. v. Clementina Co.	208 Cal. App. 2d 367	101
1968	Millbrae Assn. for Residential Survival v. City of Millbrae	262 Cal. App. 2d 222	97
1963	Frustuck v. City of Fairfax	212 Cal. App. 2d 345	97
1970	People v. Ham	7 Cal. App. 3d 768	87
1977	Fraser-Yamor Agency, Inc. v. County of Del Norte	68 Cal. App. 3d 201	84
1966	Buckley v. Bacon	240 Cal. App. 2d 34	82
1964	Buckley v. Corey	230 Cal. App. 2d 813	82
1971	Silverhart v. Mount Zion Hospital	20 Cal. App. 3d 1022	75
1963	Oak Grove School District v. City Title Insurance	217 Cal. App. 2d 678	75

Showing the 15 most-cited of 438 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 John B. Molinari on?: John B. Molinari was a Justice of the California Court of Appeal.

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14 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).