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1848

On February 2, 1848, Mexico officially ceded California to the United States in exchange for $15 million.

1849

In December 1849 the new Legislature elected Serranus Clinton Hastings as California’s first Chief Justice and H. A. Lyons and Nathaniel Bennett as its first associate justices.

1850

In February 1850 the California Legislature authorized the clerk of the California Supreme Court to “rent a suitable room” in San Francisco for the court’s quarters. It was quartered there when California officially joined the Union in September 1850.

1854

The first court convened in San Francisco and remained there until 1854.

1862

The California judiciary was reorganized in 1862 to meet the needs of a growing state.

1874

By 1874 this fluid arrangement was formalized.

1877

In 1877 the people of California voted to hold a state convention to revise the Constitution.

1882

By 1882 the Supreme Court had a backlog of pending cases, with an average wait of two years for a case to be decided.

1904

In 1904 three Courts of Appeal were created and the commissioners were eliminated.

1985

Christian G. Fritz, A Judicial Odyssey: Federal Court in Santa Clara, San Benito, Santa Cruz, and Monterey Counties, Advisory Committee - San Jose Federal Court, San Jose, 1985.

1998

In 1998 the California voters amended the Constitution to allow each county’s trial judges to unify their courts, if desired, into a single countywide superior court system.

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