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The court's current selection method is merit selection with retention.

California Court of Appeal / Joined 1997 / Served to 2008

Linda M. Gemello

Associate Justice, California Court of Appeal

Linda M. Gemello was an Associate Justice of the California Court of Appeal, who joined the court in 1997. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Tenure: 1997–2008 · 10 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1997	California Court of Appeal	–	–
2002	California Court of Appeal	–	–

Judicial Record

In our data, Gemello authored 44 published opinions for the court (2002–2007). Most cited: Ross v. Creel Printing & Publishing Co. (62 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. 6 of these were attributed to Gemello 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
2002	Ross v. Creel Printing & Publishing Co.	122 Cal. Rptr. 2d 787	62
2007	Gatton v. T-Mobile USA, Inc.†	152 Cal. App. 4th 571	61
2007	Walsh v. IKON Office Solutions, Inc.	56 Cal. Rptr. 3d 534	51
2003	Alliance for a Better Downtown Millbrae v. Wade	133 Cal. Rptr. 2d 249	51
2007	ZEMBSCH v. Superior Court	53 Cal. Rptr. 3d 69	44
2007	Gatton v. T-MOBILE USA, INC.	61 Cal. Rptr. 3d 344	39
2006	People v. Bueno	50 Cal. Rptr. 3d 161	39
2004	Lathrop v. Healthcare Partners Medical Group	8 Cal. Rptr. 3d 668	38
2007	People v. Thomas	53 Cal. Rptr. 3d 473	34
2003	Lindelli v. Town of San Anselmo	4 Cal. Rptr. 3d 453	34
2004	Mateel Environmental Justice Foundation v. Edmund A. Gray Co.	9 Cal. Rptr. 3d 486	31
2003	J. H. McKnight Ranch, Inc. v. Franchise Tax Board	2 Cal. Rptr. 3d 339	31
2006	Lindelli v. Town of San Anselmo	43 Cal. Rptr. 3d 707	27
2004	City of Brentwood v. Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board	20 Cal. Rptr. 3d 322	27
2006	American Canyon Community United for Responsible Growth v. City of American Canyon	52 Cal. Rptr. 3d 312	25

Showing the 15 most-cited of 44 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 Linda M. Gemello on?: Linda M. Gemello was an Associate Justice of the California Court of Appeal.

Sources

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10 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).