California Court of Appeal, First Appellate District

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court of record intermediate appellate court state court

The California Court of Appeal, First Appellate District is an intermediate appellate court in California that reviews civil and criminal decisions from superior courts in the northern part of the state.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
California Court of Appeal, First Appellate District canonical	12
First Appellate District of the California Court of Appeal	4
Division 6 of the First Appellate District	1
Division Two of the First Appellate District	1
First Appellate District, Division Five	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2934292 — 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: California Court of Appeal, First Appellate District
Context triple: [Superior Court of California, County of Sonoma, appealsTo, California Court of Appeal, First Appellate District]

A. 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.
B. 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.
C. 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.
D. 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.
E. Sixth Appellate District
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.
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: California Court of Appeal, First Appellate District
Target entity description: The California Court of Appeal, First Appellate District is an intermediate appellate court in California that reviews civil and criminal decisions from superior courts in the northern part of the state.

A. 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.
B. 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.
C. 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.
D. 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.
E. Sixth Appellate District
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.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	court of record ⓘ intermediate appellate court ⓘ state court ⓘ
appealsTo	Supreme Court of California ⓘ
bindingAuthorityOn	superior courts within its district ⓘ
citationAbbreviation	Cal. App. 1st ⓘ linked to: California Appellate Reports
country	United States of America ⓘ
courtSystem	California state court system ⓘ linked to: California courts
courtType	appellate court ⓘ
decisionsPublishedIn	California Appellate Reports ⓘ
establishedBy	California Legislature ⓘ linked to: California State Legislature
establishedUnder	California Constitution ⓘ linked to: Constitution of California
handlesCaseType	civil appeals ⓘ criminal appeals ⓘ extraordinary writ petitions ⓘ
hasAuthorityTo	affirm lower court decisions ⓘ remand cases to lower courts ⓘ reverse lower court decisions ⓘ
hasDivision	Division Five ⓘ Division Four ⓘ linked to: Division Three Division One ⓘ Division Six ⓘ Division Three ⓘ Division Two ⓘ
hasOfficialWebsite	https://www.courts.ca.gov/1dca.htm ⓘ
hearsAppealsFrom	civil cases ⓘ criminal cases ⓘ
isOneOf	six districts of the California Courts of Appeal ⓘ
jurisdiction	California ⓘ linked to: California, United States
languageOfProceedings	English ⓘ
legalSystem	common law ⓘ
level	intermediate appellate ⓘ
locationCity	San Francisco ⓘ
locationCountry	United States of America ⓘ
locationState	California ⓘ linked to: California, United States
partOf	California Courts of Appeal ⓘ Judicial Branch of California ⓘ
regionServed	Northern California ⓘ
reviewsFor	abuse of discretion ⓘ errors of law ⓘ
reviewsFrom	California superior courts ⓘ linked to: California Superior Courts superior courts in Northern California ⓘ
seat	San Francisco, California ⓘ linked to: San Francisco
state	California ⓘ linked to: California, United States
subjectMatter	California Constitution ⓘ linked to: Constitution of California California statutes ⓘ state law ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (19)

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

Superior Court of California, County of Sonoma → appealsTo → California Court of Appeal, First Appellate District ⓘ

Superior Court of California, County of Contra Costa → appealsTo → California Court of Appeal, First Appellate District ⓘ

Superior Court of California, County of Marin → appealsTo → California Court of Appeal, First Appellate District ⓘ

Superior Court of California, County of Alameda → appealsTo → California Court of Appeal, First Appellate District ⓘ

Superior Court of California, County of San Francisco → higherCourt → California Court of Appeal, First Appellate District ⓘ

Superior Court of California, County of San Francisco → appealsTo → California Court of Appeal, First Appellate District ⓘ

Superior Court of California, County of San Mateo → appealsTo → California Court of Appeal, First Appellate District ⓘ

Superior Court of California, County of Napa → appealsTo → California Court of Appeal, First Appellate District ⓘ

Division One → partOf → California Court of Appeal, First Appellate District ⓘ

Division Five → partOf → First Appellate District of the California Court of Appeal ⓘ