Superior Court of California, County of San Francisco / Joined 2000 / Served to 2016

John Stewart

Presiding Judge, Superior Court of California, County of San Francisco

John Stewart was a Presiding Judge of the Superior Court of California, County of San Francisco (43 judges, selected by merit selection with retention), who joined the court in 2000. He previously served on the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1839 · age 187
Tenure: 2000–2016 · 16 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1905	Supreme Court of Pennsylvania	–	–
2000	Superior Court of California, County of San Francisco	–	–
2015	Superior Court of California, County of San Francisco	–	–
2016	Superior Court of California, County of San Francisco	–	–

Judicial Record

In our data, Stewart authored 39 published opinions for the court (1906). Most cited: Scranton Gas & Water Co. v. Scranton City (38 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. 39 of these were attributed to Stewart 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
1906	Scranton Gas & Water Co. v. Scranton City†	214 Pa. 586	38
1906	Kelly v. Keys†	213 Pa. 295	27
1906	Veit v. Class & Nachod Brewing Co.†	216 Pa. 29	19
1906	Mulderig v. Wilkes-Barre Times†	215 Pa. 470	18
1906	Commonwealth v. Larkin†	216 Pa. 128	16
1906	Duckett's Estate†	214 Pa. 362	16
1906	Payne v. Roberts†	214 Pa. 568	14
1906	Beaumont's Estate†	214 Pa. 445	13
1906	Mershon v. Walker†	215 Pa. 41	12
1906	Meigs v. Tunnicliffe†	214 Pa. 495	11
1906	Sharpless's Estate†	214 Pa. 335	11
1906	Bartlett v. Rothschild†	214 Pa. 421	9
1906	Fidelity Title & Trust Co. v. Illinois Life Insurance Co.†	213 Pa. 415	9
1906	Alexander's Estate†	214 Pa. 369	7
1906	Fellbush v. Fellbush†	216 Pa. 141	6

Showing the 15 most-cited of 39 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 San Francisco reach the bench?: The court's current selection method is merit selection with retention.
Which court was John Stewart on?: John Stewart was a Presiding Judge of the Superior Court of California, County of San Francisco.

Sources

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