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California Court of Appeal / Joined 2015 / Active

Marsha G. Slough

Associate Justice, California Court of Appeal

Marsha G. Slough is an Associate Justice of the California Court of Appeal, serving since 2015. She previously served on the Superior Court of California, County of San Bernardino. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1958 · age 68
Tenure: Since 2015 · 10 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
2003	Superior Court of California, County of San Bernardino	–	–
2012	Superior Court of California, County of San Bernardino	–	–
2015	California Court of Appeal	–	–
2016	California Court of Appeal	–	–

Education

Ottawa University-Ottawa		1980
Whittier College		1986

Judicial Record

In our data, Slough authored 20 published opinions for the court (2016–2019), plus 2 dissents and 1 concurrence. Most cited: Arave v. Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc. (26 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. 23 of these were attributed to Slough 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
2018	Arave v. Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc.†	228 Cal. Rptr. 3d 120	26
2017	Grotheer v. Escape Adventures, Inc.†	222 Cal. Rptr. 3d 633	25
2016	People v. Abarca†	2 Cal. App. 5th 475	19
2019	People v. Koback· Dissent†	248 Cal. Rptr. 3d 849	15
2016	People v. Huerta†	3 Cal. App. 5th 539	14
2018	In re Melvin Hiram Thomas II On Habeas Corpus†	241 Cal. Rptr. 3d 864	13
2017	Riverside Cnty. Dep't of Pub. Soc. Servs. v. D.H. (In re D.H.)†	222 Cal. Rptr. 3d 305	13
2017	People v. Van Orden†	9 Cal. App. 5th 1277	10
2017	Global Modular, Inc. v. Kadena Pac., Inc.†	222 Cal. Rptr. 3d 819	9
2017	Residents Against Specific Plan 380 v. County of Riverside†	9 Cal. App. 5th 941	9
2016	People v. Smith†	1 Cal. App. 5th 266	9
2016	People v. Evans†	6 Cal. App. 5th 894	8
2016	People v. Jones†	1 Cal. App. 5th 221	8
2018	People v. Endsley†	238 Cal. Rptr. 3d 879	7
2016	People v. Endsley†	248 Cal. App. 4th 110	7

Showing the 15 most-cited of 23 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 is Marsha G. Slough on?: Marsha G. Slough is an Associate Justice of the California Court of Appeal.

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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).