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 JoseFamily Court, Downtown San JoseHall of Justice, San JoseJuvenile Justice Courthouse, San JoseOld Courthouse, Downtown San JoseNotre Dame Courthouse, Notre Dame Avenue, Downtown San JosePalo Alto Courthouse, Palo AltoSanta Clara Courthouse, Santa ClaraSouth County Courthouse, Morgan HillSunnyvale Courthouse, SunnyvaleTerraine Courthouse, Terraine Street, Downtown San JoseClosedRuff 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 AlcalaJulia L. AlloggiamentoMary ArandJacqueline M. ArroyoKenneth Paul BarnumThang Nguyen BarrettPaul R. BernalArthur BocanegraFranklin E. BondonnoGriffin M. J. BoniniShelyna V. BrownDavid A. CenaSharon A. ChatmanVincent J. ChiarelloL. Michael ClarkLinda R. ClarkPaul O. ColinAllison M. DannerRon M. Del PozzoLe Jacqueline DuongWilliam J. ElfvingJulie A. EmedeAndrea E. FlintMaureen A. FolanJose S. FrancoEric S. GeffonMary J. GreenwoodMary Ann GrilliTeresa Guerrero-DaleyMatthew S. HarrisRoberta S. HayashiJoseph HuberMargaret JohnsonPeter H. KirwanNona L. KlippenThomas E. KuhnleSunil R. KulkarniEdward Frederick LeeCynthia C. LieRichard J. Loftus, Jr.Patricia M. LucasKatherine LuceroStephen V. ManleySocrates Peter ManoukianMichele McKay McCoyJoAnne McCrackenBeth A. R. McGowenWilliam J. MonahanDaniel T. NishigayaCarol W. OvertonLori E. PeggPhilip H. PennypackerAaron PerskyRise Jones PichonMark H. PierceHector E. RamonChristopher G. RudyDeborah A. RyanShawna M. SchwarzStuart ScottCynthia A. SevelyJames L. StoelkerJulianne SylvaDrew C. TakaichiRonald I. ToffPatrick E. TondreauJames E. ToweryJesus Valencia, Jr.Brian WalshJoshua WeinsteinHelen E. WilliamsCharles E. Wilson, IIDerek WoodhouseErica R. YewTheodore C. ZaynerVanessa A. ZecherCarrie A. ZepedaLaDoris CordellEdward J. DavilaJeremy FogelEugene Michael HymanLucy H. KohJack KomarMary Jo Levinger 
