Sixth Appellate District

E181903

California Court of Appeal district intermediate appellate court

The Sixth Appellate District is one of the intermediate appellate courts in California, primarily serving the Santa Clara County region and reviewing decisions from its superior courts.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
California Court of Appeal, Sixth Appellate District	5
First Appellate District	1
Sixth Appellate District canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1536296 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Sixth Appellate District
Context triple: [California Courts of Appeal, hasComponent, Sixth Appellate District]

A. Fourth Appellate District
The Fourth Appellate District is one of the intermediate appellate court divisions in California that reviews appeals from superior courts in its assigned geographic region.
B. Fifth Appellate District
The Fifth Appellate District is one of the intermediate appellate courts in California’s state judiciary, reviewing appeals from superior courts within its designated geographic region.
C. Second Appellate District
The Second Appellate District is one of the intermediate appellate courts in California that reviews appeals from superior courts within its designated geographic region.
D. California Third District Court of Appeal
The California Third District Court of Appeal is an intermediate appellate court in California’s state judiciary that reviews decisions from superior courts in its designated region.
E. California Courts of Appeal
The California Courts of Appeal are the state's intermediate appellate courts that review decisions from superior courts and help shape California law through published opinions.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Sixth Appellate District
Target entity description: The Sixth Appellate District is one of the intermediate appellate courts in California, primarily serving the Santa Clara County region and reviewing decisions from its superior courts.

A. Fourth Appellate District
The Fourth Appellate District is one of the intermediate appellate court divisions in California that reviews appeals from superior courts in its assigned geographic region.
B. Fifth Appellate District
The Fifth Appellate District is one of the intermediate appellate courts in California’s state judiciary, reviewing appeals from superior courts within its designated geographic region.
C. Second Appellate District
The Second Appellate District is one of the intermediate appellate courts in California that reviews appeals from superior courts within its designated geographic region.
D. California Third District Court of Appeal
The California Third District Court of Appeal is an intermediate appellate court in California’s state judiciary that reviews decisions from superior courts in its designated region.
E. California Courts of Appeal
The California Courts of Appeal are the state's intermediate appellate courts that review decisions from superior courts and help shape California law through published opinions.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	California Court of Appeal district ⓘ intermediate appellate court ⓘ
appointmentOfJusticesBy	Governor of California ⓘ
branchOf	Judicial branch of California ⓘ linked to: Judicial Branch of California
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
courtSystem	California state court system ⓘ linked to: California courts
courtType	appeals court ⓘ
createdBy	California Legislature ⓘ linked to: California State Legislature
decisionsMadeBy	majority vote of panel ⓘ
fundedBy	State of California ⓘ linked to: California, United States
governedBy	California Code of Civil Procedure ⓘ California Constitution ⓘ linked to: Constitution of California California Rules of Court ⓘ
handles	appeals as a matter of right ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver	appeals from final judgments ⓘ certain interlocutory orders ⓘ
hasClerkOfCourt	Clerk/Administrator of the Sixth District ⓘ
hasPresidingJustice	Presiding Justice of the Sixth Appellate District ⓘ
hasSeatIn	San Jose, California ⓘ linked to: San Jose
hearsAppealsFrom	Monterey County Superior Court ⓘ linked to: Superior Court of California, County of Monterey San Benito County Superior Court ⓘ Santa Clara County Superior Court ⓘ Santa Cruz County Superior Court ⓘ
issues	published opinions ⓘ unpublished opinions ⓘ written opinions ⓘ
jurisdiction	State of California ⓘ linked to: California, United States
justicesConfirmedBy	Commission on Judicial Appointments ⓘ
justicesRetainedBy	yes-or-no retention elections ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
level	intermediate appellate ⓘ
locatedIn	Santa Clara County, California ⓘ linked to: Santa Clara County
mayIssue	extraordinary writs ⓘ peremptory writs ⓘ
panelComposition	three-justice panels ⓘ
partOf	California Courts of Appeal ⓘ
primaryJurisdiction	Santa Clara County Superior Court ⓘ
reviews	administrative agency decisions ⓘ civil cases ⓘ criminal cases ⓘ family law cases ⓘ juvenile cases ⓘ probate cases ⓘ
reviewsDecisionsOf	superior courts within its district ⓘ
state	California ⓘ linked to: California, United States
subjectToReviewBy	Supreme Court of California ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

California Courts of Appeal → hasComponent → Sixth Appellate District ⓘ

Superior Court of California, County of Monterey → appealsTo → California Court of Appeal, Sixth Appellate District ⓘ