How do judges of the California Court of Appeal reach the bench?

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

California Court of Appeal / Joined 1919 / Served to 1919

Thomas E. Haven

Justice, California Court of Appeal

Thomas E. Haven was a Justice of the California Court of Appeal, who joined the court in 1919. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Tenure: 1919–1919

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1919	California Court of Appeal	–	–

Judicial Record

In our data, Haven authored 34 published opinions for the court (1919). Most cited: Brown v. Chevrolet Motor Co. (42 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.

Selected opinions

Year	Case	Citation	Cited
1919	Brown v. Chevrolet Motor Co.	179 P. 697	42
1919	Nay v. Bernard	180 P. 827	24
1919	Martinelli v. Bond	183 P. 461	22
1919	People v. California Safe Deposit & Trust Co.	183 P. 289	19
1919	Wing v. Western Pacific R. R. Co.	182 P. 969	18
1919	National Bk. of San Mateo v. Whitney	180 P. 845	18
1919	Fielding v. Iler	179 P. 519	13
1919	James Eva Estate v. Oakland B. M. Co.	181 P. 415	12
1919	Hamer v. Ellis	180 P. 30	12
1919	Hanna v. Interstate Business Men's Accident Ass'n	182 P. 771	10
1919	Hall v. Southern Pacific Co.	180 P. 20	9
1919	Eddlemon v. Southern Pacific Co.	182 P. 811	7
1919	Michalek v. New Almaden Co., Inc.	184 P. 56	5
1919	Rossi v. Scott, Magner & Miller	183 P. 263	5
1919	Cameron v. City of Richmond	183 P. 604	4

Showing the 15 most-cited of 34 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 Thomas E. Haven on?: Thomas E. Haven was a Justice of the California Court of Appeal.

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Joined the court in 1919. Data as of 2026-03-31. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).