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California Supreme Court

Jan. 9, 2023

Business as usual as newly constituted high court hears first case

Chief Justice Patricia Guerrero let colleagues take turns, didn’t dominate during first argument.

New California Chief Justice Patricia Guerrero treated her first argument as the state’s top judge like another day in the office — or rather, a day at the remote office.

Guerrero appeared via videoconference from Sacramento, where she swore in Gov. Gavin Newsom later on Friday. Last Monday, Newsom swore in Guerrero as chief justice and Kelli Evans as an associate justice on the high court.

Guerrero began by wis...

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