The Superior Court of Santa Clara County is the California Superior Court for Santa Clara County, which includes the city of San Jose. The doctrine of Corporate personhood in US law is commonly traced to the 1886 decision of the United States Supreme Court in Santa Clara County v. Southern Pacific Railroad, which started in this court. In August 2016, hundreds of clerks in the Santa Clara court system went on strike for better wages. One striking clerk had been living in a homeless shelter since November 2015.
Downtown Superior Court, Downtown San Jose
Family Court, Downtown San Jose
Hall of Justice, San Jose
Juvenile Justice Courthouse, San Jose
Old Courthouse, Downtown San Jose
Notre Dame Courthouse, Notre Dame Avenue, Downtown San Jose
Palo Alto Courthouse, Palo Alto
Santa Clara Courthouse, Santa Clara
South County Courthouse, Morgan Hill
Sunnyvale Courthouse, Sunnyvale
Terraine Courthouse, Terraine Street, Downtown San Jose
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Ruff Drive Courthouse, Ruff Drive, San Jose (closed in 2008)
According to the judicial roster of the California judiciary, as of June 2016, the following judges serve on the Superior Court of California, Santa Clara County:
Javier Alcala
Julia L. Alloggiamento
Mary Arand
Jacqueline M. Arroyo
Kenneth Paul Barnum
Thang Nguyen Barrett
Paul R. Bernal
Arthur Bocanegra
Franklin E. Bondonno
Griffin M. J. Bonini
Shelyna V. Brown
David A. Cena
Sharon A. Chatman
Vincent J. Chiarello
L. Michael Clark
Linda R. Clark
Paul O. Colin
Allison M. Danner
Ron M. Del Pozzo
Le Jacqueline Duong
William J. Elfving
Julie A. Emede
Andrea E. Flint
Maureen A. Folan
Jose S. Franco
Eric S. Geffon
Mary J. Greenwood
Mary Ann Grilli
Teresa Guerrero-Daley
Matthew S. Harris
Roberta S. Hayashi
Joseph Huber
Margaret Johnson
Peter H. Kirwan
Nona L. Klippen
Thomas E. Kuhnle
Sunil R. Kulkarni
Edward Frederick Lee
Cynthia C. Lie
Richard J. Loftus, Jr.
Patricia M. Lucas
Katherine Lucero
Stephen V. Manley
Socrates Peter Manoukian
Michele McKay McCoy
JoAnne McCracken
Beth A. R. McGowen
William J. Monahan
Daniel T. Nishigaya
Carol W. Overton
Lori E. Pegg
Philip H. Pennypacker
Aaron Persky
Rise Jones Pichon
Mark H. Pierce
Hector E. Ramon
Christopher G. Rudy
Deborah A. Ryan
Shawna M. Schwarz
Stuart Scott
Cynthia A. Sevely
James L. Stoelker
Julianne Sylva
Drew C. Takaichi
Ronald I. Toff
Patrick E. Tondreau
James E. Towery
Jesus Valencia, Jr.
Brian Walsh
Joshua Weinstein
Helen E. Williams
Charles E. Wilson, II
Derek Woodhouse
Erica R. Yew
Theodore C. Zayner
Vanessa A. Zecher
Carrie A. Zepeda
LaDoris Cordell
Edward J. Davila
Jeremy Fogel
Eugene Michael Hyman
Lucy H. Koh
Jack Komar
Mary Jo Levinger
