Inventory of the Judicial Council of California Records
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Inventory of the Judicial Council of California Records
Collection number: R176
California State Archives
Office of the Secretary of State
Sacramento, California
- Processed by:
- Jeff Crawford
- Date Completed:
- December 2017
- Encoded by:
- Jeff Crawford
© 2021 California Secretary of State. All rights reserved.
Descriptive Summary
Title: Judicial Council of California Records
Dates: 1926-1961
Collection number: R176
Creator:
Judicial Council of California
Collection Size:
17 cubic feet of textual records
Repository:
California State Archives
Abstract: The records of the Judicial Council of California consist of 17 cubic feet of textual records that cover the years 1926-1962.
The Judicial Council records reflect the administration and operations of the California court system.
Physical location: California State Archives
Languages:
Languages represented in the collection:
English
Administrative Information
Access
While the majority of the records are open for research, any access restrictions are noted in the record series descriptions.
Publication Rights
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is given on behalf of the California State Archives as the owner of the physical items. The researcher assumes all responsibility
for possible infringement which may arise from reproduction or publication of materials from the California State Archives
collections.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Judicial Council of California Records, R176.[Series Number], [box and folder number], California
State Archives, Office of the Secretary of State, Sacramento, California.
Acquisition and Custodial History
The State Archives received these records in a series of transfers according to state law.
Administrative History
At the 1926 General Election, the voters passed Proposition 27 which created the Judicial Council of California as an effort
to provide efficiency in the administration of justice. The constitutional amendment added Section 1a and amended Sections
6, 7, and 8 of Article VI to the California Constitution. The proposition provided that the Judicial Council would be composed
of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court and ten other members to be appointed by the Chief Justice. These members were
as follows: one Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, three Justices of the District Court of Appeal, four judges of superior
courts, one judge of a police or municipal court, and one judge of an inferior court. The amendment specified that the Chief
Justice was the chairman of the Council.
Additionally Proposition 27 assigned the following responsibilities to the Judicial Council:
- Meet at the call of the chairman or as otherwise provided by it.
- Survey the condition of business in the several courts with a view to simplifying and improving the administration of justice.
- Submit such suggestions to the several courts as may seem in the interest of uniformity and the expedition of business.
- Report to the governor and legislature at the commencement of each regular session with such recommendations as it may deem
proper.
- Adopt and amend rules of practice and procedure for the several courts not inconsistent with laws that are now or that may
hereafter be in force; and the council shall submit to the legislature, at each regular session thereof, its recommendations
with reference to amendments of, or changes in, existing laws relating to practice and procedure.
- Exercise such other functions as may be provided by law.
The passage of Proposition 10 (1960) provided for an additional four members to be appointed by the State Bar as well as a
legislator from each house of the Legislature to the membership of the Judicial Council. In 1966 (Proposition 1-A) the number
of members was again raised, this time to 21 members. These members included the Chief Justice, one Associate Justice of the
Supreme Court, three judges of the District Courts of Appeal, five judges of superior courts, three judges of municipal courts,
two judges of justice courts, four attorneys, and one member of each house of the Legislature.
In 1994, Proposition 191 deleted the two justice court judge positions and increased the number of superior court justices
from three to five judges. Proposition 220 (1998) added two non-voting court administrators to the Judicial Council. Finally,
in 2002, Proposition 48 increased the number of superior court judges from five to ten and deleted the provision for five
municipal court judges.
By 2017, the Judicial Council was thus composed of 21 voting members: The Chief Justice; 14 judicial officers appointed by
the Chief Justice, including 1 associate justice of the Supreme Court, 3 justices of the Court of Appeal, and 10 superior
court judges; 4 attorney members appointed by the State Bar Board of Trustee; and 1 member from each house of the Legislature.
Scope and Content
The Judicial Council of California records span the years 1926 to 1962 and include 17 cubic feet of textual records. The
records will be useful for researchers studying the creation and administration of the Judicial Council, development of the
rules of the court, practices and procedures of the Judicial Council, reorganization of the court system, and similar topics
of interest to the Judicial Council.
The Judicial Council records reflect the administration and operations of the California court system. Much of the material
demonstrates attempts by the Judicial Council to collect information about the administration of the courts in order to develop
recommendations for simplifying and improving the business of the court system. Notably, the work of Henry Hollzer (series
R176.015 and R176.016) details the information collected on the practices and procedures of the court systems and the attempts
to unify these throughout the state. From 1926 through 1931 Hollzer served as the research director for the Judicial Council,
conducting studies of procedural methods to improve the judicial system. In this position, he travelled through the United
States and parts of Canada gathering information about regulating procedures in the courts.
In the late 1940s, the Legislature requested that the Judicial Council investigate reorganizing the court system below the
superior courts. In November 1950, the Judicial Council's plan to reorganize these "Inferior Courts" was approved by the people
at the general election. Series R176.012 (Court Reorganization Files) reflects the efforts by the Judicial Council to research
and promote passage of the reorganization plan.
Accruals
No further accruals are expected.
Related Materials at the California State Archives
California Supreme Court Records
Courts of Appeal Records
Legislative Council Records
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in
the library's online public access catalog.
California. Civil Service Commission
California State Personnel Board
California. Dept. of Finance. Division of Personnel and Organization
ID R173.001, Box 1, folder 1 - Box 2, folder 22
Series 1
County Correspondence
1926-1948
bulk 1927-1934
Physical Description: 71 file folders
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically by the county. Within each county, correspondence is arranged alphabetically by name of individual
judge first, followed by Superior Court, and then County Clerk. Some counties also include files on Presiding Judge, Appellate
Department, and Administrative Officer.
Scope and Content Note
County correspondence includes correspondence between the Judicial Council and county courts, judges, and clerks related to
the operation and administration of the courts. Files also concern the organization of the Judicial Council, work on research
projects, court calendars, assignment of judges to sit on cases of other counties, requests by counties for assignment of
judges, appointments to the Judicial Council, requests for expenses and mileage by judges assigned to other counties, and
similar topics. The County Clerk Correspondence mainly relates to judicial assignment and compensation of judges. The Santa
Barbara files concerns the Blodgett v. Trabucco case that pertained to judges' salaries. Counties represented include Fresno,
Imperial, Los Angeles, Sacramento, San Barbara, Sierra, and Siskiyou.
ID R176.002, Box 2, folders 23 - 26
Series 2
Judicial Council Administrator Correspondence
1931-1932, 1937-1942
Physical Description: 4 file folders
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically by date.
Scope and Content Note
Telegrams, memoranda, and correspondence with federal judges regarding administration and office operations of county courts,
costs of court operations, and court fees. The series is primarily comprised of correspondence of the Secretary of Judicial
Council and assistant secretary. Included is a variety correspondence with Harry Hollzer (1931-1932), who worked as the lead
researcher of the Judicial Council.
ID R176.003, Box 2, folder 27 - Box 3, folder 2
Series 3
Appellate Court Correspondence
1926-1942
Physical Description: 8 file folders
Arrangement
Arranged numerically by Appellate Court District number, then numerically by administrative Division with District, and then
chronologically by date.
Scope and Content Note
Correspondence, memoranda, and newspaper articles concerning operations of the Appellate Courts, including assignments of
judges to courts with congested calendars; investigations into the improvement of the administration of Appellate Courts;
discussions on problems, practices and procedures, legislation affecting courts; implementation of new rules of practice including
changes in rules for hearing writs; assignment of judges to sit on Appellate Courts; and concerns about tabulating of uncalendared
appeals. The majority of the records are from the Judicial Council Secretary to judges.
ID R176.004, Box 3, folders 3 - 6
Series 4
Chief Justice Correspondence
1940-1954
Physical Description: 4 file folders
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically by folder title (General Correspondence, Legislative Matters, and Municipal Courts).
Scope and Content Note
Correspondence, telegrams, newspaper articles, and similar records often addressed to the Chief Justice. The General Correspondence
files (1940-1947) concern operations of the Judicial Council and include an address by Chief Justice Gibson to the Los Angeles
Bar Association titled "The Work of Judicial Council" and dated January 9, 1941. The Legislative Matters file (1950-1951)
includes the vacancies of and need for additional judges as well as the passage of Proposition 2 (1950). The Municipal Court
file (1947-1954) includes congratulation letters to local judges upon their election.
ID R176.005, Box 3, folder 7
Series 5
Secretary Correspondence
1931-1941
Physical Description: 1 file folder
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically by date.
Scope and Content Note
Memoranda and correspondence regarding assignment of judges, judge salaries, county requests for assistance on overburdened
calendars, and required reports.
ID R176.006, Box 3, folders 8 - 10
Series 6
Judicial Council Members Correspondence
1926-1940
Physical Description: 3 file folders
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically by date.
Scope and Content Note
Memoranda and correspondence pertaining to such topics as the Judicial Council research program, appointing of Judicial Council
members, assignment of judges, calling of meetings, legislative needs, questions about requiring written opinion by Appellate
Court cases, work with the State Bar, condition of the court system, and need for improvement of the judicial system.
ID R176.007, Box 3, folders 11 - 12
Series 7
State Bar Advisory Committee Correspondence
1929-1942
Physical Description: 2 file folders
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically by date.
Scope and Content Note
Memoranda and correspondence concerning suggestions for amending the State Constitution and codes, appointment of members,
calling of meetings, matters concerning the Judicial Council, and study of the Appellate Court structure. The committee was
set up by the State Bar to advise and cooperate with the Judicial Council.
ID R176.008, Box 3, folders 13 - 16
Series 8
Justice, City and Police Court Survey Files
1941-1942
Physical Description: 4 file folders
Arrangement
Arranged with General File first, followed by Background File, and then Correspondence.
Scope and Content Note
Studies, surveys, and reports on the status of Justice, Police, City and Recorders Courts, including views on conditions of
those courts, comments and suggestions for improvement, and summaries of information as well as specific information on courts
in individual cities and counties.
ID R176.009, Box 3, folders 17 - 18
Series 9
University Professors Files
1931-1938
Physical Description: 2 file folders
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically by date.
Scope and Content Note
Correspondence, memoranda, and studies pertaining to such topics as the study of problems of the judicial system, improvements
in the administration of justice, proposed revisions to California Constitution Article VI and Code of Civil Procedure sections,
need for judicial statistics, support of research projects with the UC Berkeley Bureau of Public Administration, and a study
of criminal appeals system.
ID R176.010, Box 3, folder 19
Series 10
Circular Letters
1931-1941
Physical Description: 1 file folder
Arrangement
Arranged generally in chronological order.
Scope and Content Note
Forms, memoranda, instructions for preparation of forms, and general information distributed to courts and county clerks by
the Judicial Council.
ID R176.011, Box 3, folder 20 - Box 4, folder 1
Series 11
Correspondence
1942-1950, 1956-1959
Physical Description: 4 file folders
Arrangement
Arranged generally in chronological order.
Scope and Content Note
Correspondence, reports, memoranda, and newspaper articles concerned with committee assignments, work of conferences, legislative
program, appellate rules, committee reports, recommendations for changes to Rules of Court including Rules on Appeal and Rules
on Appellate Procedure.
ID R176.012, Box 4, folder 2 - Box 7, folder 5
Series 12
Court Reorganization Files
1941-1953
Physical Description: 63 file folders
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically by subject title.
Scope and Content Note
Reports, correspondence, legislative background information, memoranda, newspaper articles, notes, copies of legislative bills,
speeches, summaries, and suggestions related to the proposed revision and reorganization of the inferior courts. In 1947
(Resolution Chapter 47, Statutes of 1947), the Legislature asked the Judicial Council to study the organization, jurisdiction,
and practices of courts below the superior courts, and then make recommendations for the improvement of their administration.
The files reflect the efforts by the Judicial Council to survey the courts that exercised jurisdiction of courts inferior
to Superior Courts and develop suggestions advocating inferior court reorganization. Included are numerous speeches and talks
by Chief Justice Gibson on the problems of the inferior courts, as well as advocating for reorganization and passage of Proposition
3 (1950). Throughout the series is a significant amount of material on traffic courts.
ID R176.013, Box 7, folders 6 - 25
Series 13
Practices and Procedures Files
1927-1938
Physical Description: 20 file folders
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically by subject title.
Scope and Content Note
Reports, correspondence, newspaper articles, memoranda, notes, forms, charts, and copies of legislative bills related to the
development of uniform practices and procedures in the state court systems and the systematization of the administration of
courts. Topics covered included the need for additional judges in Los Angeles County, legislation affecting the court system,
collection of statistics to determine the workload for the District Courts of Appeal and Supreme Court, statistics related
to civil and criminal filings, judge's compensation, suggestions for a standard set of instructions to juries and a juror's
manual, and per diem jury fees.
The Attorney Suggestions file concerns the questions about the character and qualification of judges, suggestions to speed
trial dates, expenses for the court system, suggestions for simplified appellate procedures, and appointment of court commissioners.
The Suggestions for Judges file pertains to replies to a questionnaire send to judges related to trial briefs, dilatory pleas,
master calendars, demurrers, and reaction to recent legislation.
Specific Subject Files are as follows:
- Alameda County. 1927-1929 (Box 7, folder 6)
- Attorney Suggestions. 1927-1930 (Box 7, folder 7)
- Constitutional Amendment Proposed. 1928 (Box 7, folder 8)
- General - California, Judgements. 1927-1935 (Box 7, folders 9-10)
- Judgment. 1928-1930 (Box 7, folder 11)
- Judicial Council - State Senators and Assemblymen. 1930-1931 (Box 7, folder 12)
- Juror's Manual. 1927-1934 (Box 7, folder 13)
- Jury Fees. 1928 (Box 7, folder 14)
- Jury Fees - County Clerk Replies. 1928 (Box 7, folder 15)
- Jury Waivers. 1929-1938 (Box 7, folders 16-17)
- Newspaper Articles. 1928-1935 (Box 7, folder 18)
- "Our Judicial System" (lecture by Professor Grove Haines). 1929 (Box 7, folder 19)
- Salaries and Expenses of Assigned Judges. 1927-1928 (Box 7, folder 20)
- Statistics. 1928-1930 (Box 7, folder 21)
- Suggestions for Judges. 1928-1930 (Box 7, folders 22-23)
- Superior Court Judges. 1928 (Box 7, folder 24)
- Superior Court Judges Compensation. 1927 (Box 7, folder 25)
ID R176.014, Box 8, folders 1 - 5
Series 14
Reports and Surveys
1927-1932
Physical Description: 5 file folders
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically by year.
Scope and Content Note
Reports and surveys collected and created by the Judicial Council, including numerous reports on judicial administration.
Specific titles include:
- "Judicial Council of California in Operation" (Harry A. Hollzer, September 1927)
- "The Administration of Civil Justice" (1928)
- "Rules Adopted by the Judicial Council Regulating the Business of the Superior Court" (1928)
- "Suggested Changes in the Law Affected Jurisdiction over the Trial Courts submitted to Judicial Council" by Henry M. Willis
(October 1928)
- Synopses of Bills (1929)
- "Jurisdiction of Trial Courts" by Henry M. Willis (January 1929)
- "The Juvenile Court of Los Angeles" by Judge Robert Scott (June 1929)
- "Tentative Amendments to the Rules Adopted for the Superior Courts" (October 1928)
- "Report of the Judicial Council Committee on Inferior Court Procedures" (December 1932)
- "The Judicial Council of California: Its Purpose and Work" by John Perry Wood of the Los Angeles Bar
ID R176.015, Box 8, folder 47 - Box 9, folder 30
Series 15
Hollzer Reports
1927-1933
Physical Description: 72 file folders
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically by date of report. First folder includes indexes to numbered reports.
Scope and Content Note
Reports, agendas, surveys, studies, and similar files related to research topics investigated by Henry Hollzer in his role
as the research director of the Judicial Council. Reports cover a broad range of topics that related to the operations and
improvement of the Judicial Council and judicial system as well as surveys of conditions of judicial business. Reports pertain
to such topics as: suggestions on proposed legislation, proposals to create additional appellate and county courts and judges,
activities of the Judicial Council, probate practices, administrative details of trial calendars, court efficiency, proposed
rules for governing courts, jurisdiction and procedures in inferior courts, reports on judicial business, comments on proposed
Constitutional Amendments, concerns about juvenile courts, progress reports, recommendations on administration and improving
judicial practices and procedures, general Appellate Court problems, analyses and criticism of superior court rules, and Judicial
Council operations and organization. Also included are occasional agendas for Judicial Council meetings.
One of the charges of the Judicial Council was the improvement of administration of the judicial system. From 1926 through
1931 Hollzer served as the research director for the Judicial Council, conducting studies of procedural methods to improve
the judicial system. During that time, Hollzer was a member of the Judicial Council as well as a Los Angeles County Superior
Court judge. As research director, he travelled through the United States and parts of Canada gathering information about
regulating procedures in the courts.
ID R176.016, Box 9, folder 31 - Box 11, folder 14
Series 16
Hollzer Background Files
1926-1937
bulk 1928-1934
Physical Description: 52 file folders
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically by subject title.
Scope and Content Note
Background research files created by Harry A. Hollzer in his role as the research director for the Judicial Council. Much
of the material was used in his research for the reports found in record series Hollzer Reports (R176.015). The subject matter
covers a broad array of topics related to the creation and organization of the Judicial Council, operations of the local,
Appellate, and Supreme Court systems, legislation affecting the court system, and recommendations for new methods of court
administration. Hollzer contacted judges, attorneys, and Judicial Councils throughout California and the United States in
investigating problems facing the courts. Some topics of research included: study of appellate court practices and procedures;
legislative proposals affecting the Judicial Council and court systems, including reorganizing courts and the proposed abolishment
of the Judicial Council; development of policies, procedures, and recommendations to increase the efficiencies and economies
of the judicial system; proposed rules of the Judicial Council; and a review of procedures found throughout the country.
Files contain correspondence, memoranda, newspaper clippings, reports and surveys, publications including newsletters, notes,
tables of data and statistics, and similar records.
Notable files include:
- Appellate Court Programs. 1932-1936. (Box 9, folder 31-34)
- Appellate Practices. 1930-1937. (Box 9, folder 35)
- County Clerk. 1923-1926. Includes Report of County Clerks and statistical data on county court cases. (Box 9, folder 38)
- Court Calendar Plan. 1927-1932. Correspondence, suggestions, and memoranda related to Rules of Court 2 and 3, trial calendars,
method that trial cases were set by judges, and new procedures for implementing court calendars. (Box 9, folder 41)
- Discovery and Disclosure. 1930-1934. (Box 10, folder 2)
- Impeachment of Judges. 1934-1935. (Box 10, folder 5)
- Judicial Council - Measure to Abolish. 1932-1934. Newspaper articles, correspondence, and presentation concerning proposed
reorganization of court systems through ACA113. (Box 10, folder 10)
- Judicial Council - Meeting Minutes. 1928-1934, 1938, 1940. 3 file folders. Not inclusive. (Box 10, folders 11-13)
- Municipal Courts. 1927-1932. (Box 10, folders 20-21)
- Proposed Measures. 1928-1930, 1933. Reports outlining legislation recommended for adoption. (Box 10, folder 25-27)
- Proposed Rules of Judicial Council. 1927-1928. Contains suggestions by Attorney General U.S. Webb on rules covering appeals
in criminal cases. (Box 11, folder 1)
- Township Courts, Committee on. 1930-1931. Newspaper articles, correspondence, and meeting notes concerning readjustment of
township courts, amendments to legislation affecting township courts and the inferior court system. (Box 11, folder 12)
- Trial Court Practices. 1930. Reports and correspondence concerning revision of Codes to deal with court problems such as crowded
court calendars. (Box 11, folder 13)
ID R176.017, Box 11, folders 15 - 18
Series 17
Judicial Council Bulletins
1936-1939
Physical Description: 4 file folders
Arrangement
Arranged numerically by Bulletin Number.
Scope and Content Note
Monthly bulletins - distributed by the Secretary of the Judicial Council to the Judicial Council and judicial system in general
- concerned "matters of general interest that came to the attention of Secretary during the previous month" (Bulletin 1).
Topics covered included rules and adoption of rulings, legislation affecting the judicial system, appellate court planning,
reprints of letters and publications, improving appellate and civil procedures, judges' retirement system, court room photography,
statistics, and occasionally Judicial Council meeting minutes.
ID R176.018, Box 11, folder 19 - Box 12, folder 14
Series 18
Bulletin Background Files
1927-1940
Physical Description: 26 file folders
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically by subject or topic.
Scope and Content Note
Correspondence, resolutions, surveys, newspaper articles, rules, reports, opinions, and similar records used as background
material in researching topics for Bulletins created and distributed by the Judicial Council (see Series R175.017, Judicial
Council Bulletins). Topics covered include the need for additional judges, study of inferior courts, death penalty and executions,
juvenile court data, proposed rules for appeals, court room photography, court vacations, rulemaking powers, and concerns
about trial calendars.
Specific file subjects include:
- Appellate Reform. 1931-1940. (Box 11, folders 19-21)
- Arbitration. 1927-1936. (Box 11, folder 22)
- Chamber of Commerce. 1934-1939. (Box 11, folder 23)
- Constitutional Amendments/Automobile Insurance/Expert Witness, 1927-1937. (Box 11, folder 24)
- Courts. 1937-1938. (Box 11, folder 25)
- Courts - Court Room Photography. 1931-1938. (Box 11, folder 26)
- Courts - Written Opinions. 1935. (Box 11, folder 27)
- Distribution of Court Reports. 1936-1940. (Box 11, folder 28)
- Expense of Judges/Exchange Assignments. 1927-1936. (Box 11, folder 29)
- Finance. 1931-1940. (Box 11, folder 30)
- Historical Data. 1927-1940. (Box 12, folder 1)
- Interstate Correspondence. 1933-1936. (Box 12, folder 2)
- Judges/Jury Instructions. 1932. (Box 12, folder 3)
- Judges Retirement/Court Vacations. 1935-1938. (Box 12, folder 4)
- Juvenile Courts. 1936. (Box 12, folder 5)
- Legislation. 1928-1940. (Box 12, folder 6)
- Legislation/Criminal Statistics. 1928-1937. (Box 12, folder 7)
- Los Angeles Judges. 1927. (Box 12, folder 8)
- Penal Codes/Executive Clemency. 1935-1936. (Box 12, folder 9)
- Publication of Decisions. 1934-1940. (Box 12, folder 10)
- Secretary of State. 1932-1938. (Box 12, folder 11)
- State Bar. 1929-1939. (Box 12, folders 12-13)
- Various Topics. (Box 12, folder 14)
ID R176.019, Box 12, folder 15 - Box 16, folder 21
Series 19
Subject Files
1943-1961
bulk 1953-1959
Physical Description: 113 file folders
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically by subject or topic.
Scope and Content Note
Correspondence, resolutions, reports, surveys, questionnaires, handbooks, manuals, instructions, legislative bills, newspaper
articles, and similar records related to a wide variety of topics and subjects of importance to Judicial Council. These general
files were kept on such topics as: the elections of judges, juvenile justice, drafting of biennial reports, State Bar, study
of grand juries, Law Revision Commission, Grand Jury handbooks, jury instructions, Penal Code revision (1945), traffic code
and court, and similar topics. The file on Juvenile Justice (1949-1958) concerns legislation affecting the juvenile system,
qualifications of juvenile court justices and referees, and a hearing of the Senate Interim Committee on Juvenile Courts.
The Traffic Files (1948-1957) related to the Vehicle Code and violations of sections of the Vehicle Code, traffic court standards,
study and comparison of bail schedules, plans for processing juvenile traffic citations, and traffic safety conferences.
ID R176.020, Box 16, folders 22 - 26
Series 20
Superior Court Summaries
1955-1956
Physical Description: 5 file folders
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically by county.
Scope and Content Note
Monthly reports submitted by individual county Superior Courts contain statistical information such as the number of civil
actions, probate and guardianship actions, divorce proceedings, appeals from lower courts, insanity cases, juvenile actions,
and criminal proceedings.
ID R176.021, Box 16, folder 27 - Box 17, folder 15
Series 21
Court Annual Reports
1949-1955
Physical Description: 16 file folders
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically by date of report, then alphabetically by county.
Scope and Content Note
Statistical reports submitted annually to the Judicial Council by various lower courts. Reports for the Fiscal Years ending
June 30, 1949 and June 30, 1950 were submitted by Class B City and Police Courts and include such information as the number
of criminal proceedings, including the number of each type of case. For the Fiscal Year ending June 30, 1955, reports were
submitted by Justice Courts and contain similar information to the previously described reports.
ID R176.022, Box 17, folders 16 - 21
Series 22
Court Reports
1940-1946
Physical Description: 6 file folders
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically by date of report.
Scope and Content Note
Reports collected and created by the Judicial Council. Reports include:
- "The Children's Court of Conciliation" 1940. By the Los Angeles Superior Court.
- "Supreme Court and District Courts of Appeal: Fillings, Dispositions, Transfers, Hearings and Rehearings, Motions, Uncalendared
Cases." 1940.
- "Justice of the Peace Courts: General Detailed Information by Counties." 1941. Includes data on county court revenues and
costs, number of each types of court, number of justices, and salaries.
- "Data re Opinions by Justice Pro Tempore, District Courts of Appeal." 1946. Report notes annual number of opinions by each
Appellate Court and by judge, covering the years 1926-1946.
- "Uncalendared Appeals - Supreme Court and District Courts of Appeal" 1946. Covers years 1927-1946.
- "Comments and Suggestions by Justices of the Peace, City and Police Judges." No Date. Contains comments mainly concern unifying
of courts and judge's salaries.