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 1968 / Served to 1972

William A. Reppy

Justice, California Court of Appeal

William A. Reppy was a Justice of the California Court of Appeal, who joined the court in 1968. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Tenure: 1968–1972 · 3 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1968	California Court of Appeal	–	–

Judicial Record

In our data, Reppy authored 76 published opinions for the court (1969–1972), plus 1 dissent and 1 concurrence. Most cited: Kasel v. Remington Arms Co. (96 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. 10 of these were attributed to Reppy 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
1972	Kasel v. Remington Arms Co.	24 Cal. App. 3d 711	96
1970	People v. Venegas· Dissent†	10 Cal. App. 3d 814	96
1971	People v. Neder	16 Cal. App. 3d 846	78
1971	Lois R. v. Superior Court	19 Cal. App. 3d 895	63
1971	People v. Williams	22 Cal. App. 3d 34	52
1971	People v. Scofield	17 Cal. App. 3d 1018	33
1970	In Re Jess Ex Rel. Morelli	11 Cal. App. 3d 819	33
1970	People v. Staples	6 Cal. App. 3d 61	30
1972	People v. Ramos	25 Cal. App. 3d 529	29
1970	Castro v. Superior Court· Concurrence†	9 Cal. App. 3d 675	29
1971	People v. Kanos	14 Cal. App. 3d 642	28
1970	Skelly v. Richman	10 Cal. App. 3d 844	27
1970	Abrams v. Motter	3 Cal. App. 3d 828	27
1971	Kadner v. Shields	20 Cal. App. 3d 251	26
1970	Fink v. Goodson-Todman Enterprises, Ltd.	9 Cal. App. 3d 996	25

Showing the 15 most-cited of 78 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 William A. Reppy on?: William A. Reppy was a Justice of the California Court of Appeal.

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3 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).