California’s Supreme Court is the highest court in the state. Its primary function is to guide and harmonize state law development. After confirmation by the Judicial Appointments Commission, the court composes of a Chief Justice and six Associate Justices. These are who stand for 12-year retention election at the first post-appointment governor’s election.
The court’s chambers have been in San Francisco’s Civic Center Plaza since 1923.
According to Code of Civil procedure of California (hereinafter: CCP) Section 165 :
The justices of the Supreme Court as well as the courts of appeal, or any of them, may issue in chambers all orders and writings that are normally issued in the first instance upon an ex parte petition, with the exception of mandamus, certiorari, and prohibition; and may hear, at their discretion, applications for discharge of such orders and writings.
Superior court Judges may, in chambers:
Also, according to Section 166 of Code of Civil Procedure of California part B:
A judge shall exercise all the powers and perform all the roles and duties imposed on a judge as being contrary to the court, out of court, anywhere in the government, or that a judge may exercise or perform in chambers.
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