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Malcolm H. Mackey

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Judge (Ret.)



Elected Los Angeles County Superior Court judge, 1988, retired January 2, 2024; presiding judge, assistant presiding judge, elected judge, Los Angeles Municipal Court, 1978-88; sole practitioner, Los Angeles, 1959-78; associate, Bolton Groff & Dunne Law Office, 1958-59.

Southwestern University School of Law



Judicial Profiles
Title Court Published
Still Active Los Angeles County (Los Angeles) Nov. 1, 2022
Judge Malcolm H. Mackey Los Angeles County (Stanley Mosk May 2, 2012

Columns
Title Category Published
The end of WWII and the Italian election Judges and Judiciary May 24, 2017
The end of WWII and the Italian election Judges and Judiciary May 22, 2017

Rulings
Case Category Published
Emmons v. Jesso
affirmed
 Real Property Aug. 28, 2025
Koenig v. Centralia Limited Investors
reversed in part
 Business Law Jul. 23, 2025
Lorenzo v. Calex Engineering, Inc.
reversed
 Torts Apr. 1, 2025
Travis v. Brand
reversed in part
 Government May 19, 2023
Olympic and Georgia Partners, LLC v. County of Los Angeles
reversed and remanded
 Tax Apr. 10, 2023
Travis v. Brand
reversed and remanded
 Government Jan. 30, 2023
Lewis v. Simplified Labor Staffing Solutions, Inc.
reversed and remanded
 Arbitration Dec. 6, 2022
Meyer v. Sheh
affirmed
 Real Property Feb. 4, 2022
American Contractors Indemnity Co. v. Hernandez
affirmed
 Civil Procedure Jan. 13, 2022
Patterson v. Superior Court (Charter Communications)
petition granted
 Employment Law Oct. 20, 2021
Travis v. Brand
affirmed
 statutory_interpretation Mar. 23, 2021
Fernandez v. Jimenez
affirmed
 Remedies Sep. 30, 2019
D.Z. v. Los Angeles Unified School Dist.
reversed and remanded
 Evidence May 15, 2019
Case v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Ins. Co., Inc.
affirmed
 Insurance Dec. 20, 2018
Honeycutt v. JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
reversed and remanded
 Arbitration Aug. 6, 2018

Verdicts & Settlements
Case Name Topic Role Published
Delmy Portillo de Hernandez v. Quadrtech Corporation Employment Law judge Feb. 16, 2024
Cherie Brown v. Youval Zive, Vaca Partnership, Phoenix Realty Investments Real Property judge Dec. 15, 2023
Civil Rights Department v. Peter F. Deluke Jr., Peter F. Deluke Sr., as trustee of the Peter F. Deluke Trust Civil Rights judge Dec. 15, 2023
Richard Fox Emmons Jr. v. Tobias Jesso Jr. Contracts judge Jul. 28, 2023
Brian Murphy v. City of Glendale, et al. Employment Law judge Apr. 7, 2023
APS&EE LLC v. Michaels Stores Inc., Michaels Stores Procurement Company Inc., and Does 1 through 100, inclusive Consumer Law judge Sep. 30, 2022
Denisha Johnson, an individual, on behalf of herself and all others similarly situated, all aggrieved employees, and the State of California as a Private Attorneys General v. Route 66 Post Acute LLC, and Does 1-50, inclusive Employment Law judge May 6, 2022
Margarita Ordonez, et al. v. Shmuel Raigorodsky, and Yeshaya Lowenstein Real Property judge Sep. 17, 2021
Bankers Standard Insurance Company v. County of Los Angeles, et al. Insurance judge Jun. 7, 2019
Mohammad Vand, Jaime Cuadras v. David Ward Kent, KTGY Group Personal Injury judge Jul. 25, 2009
WSS Industrial Construction Inc. v. Great West Contractors, Inc. Contracts judge Jun. 10, 2006
Skylor Haagensen v. Michael Harris Personal Injury judge Apr. 22, 2006
Confidential Personal Injury judge Jun. 7, 2005
Martin W. Foreman, as Trustee of the Martin W. Foreman Trust v. Universal Dyeing & Printing Inc., Charles Ryu, Nam Sang Kong, Kee Sung Hwang Torts judge Oct. 26, 2004
Enrique Ponce Jr., et al. v. Good Samaritan Hospital, et al. Personal Injury judge May 11, 2004
Mary Hawkins, by and through her Guardian ad Litem, Jerome Woods v. Vernon Convalescent Hospital, JK Healthcare Management Corp. Torts judge Jan. 21, 2004
Alameda Corridor-East Construction Authority v. Best California Gas Ltd. Real Property judge Jan. 13, 2004
Atul Gupta v. Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Crothall Services Personal Injury judge Dec. 30, 2003
Harry Rosenfeld v. Josef Pesso, Yavneh Hebrew Academy, et al. Personal Injury judge Oct. 7, 2003
Confidential Personal Injury judge Jul. 1, 2003
Serafin Martinez v. Jonathan Wu Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) judge May 4, 2002
Confidential Real Property judge Feb. 9, 2002
Confidential Personal Injury (Vehicular) judge Oct. 11, 2001
Barbara Friedkin v. Double U Productions Inc. v. David Witz, Patricia Whitcher Intellectual Property judge Sep. 20, 2001
LG International Inc. v. Baik Corporations judge Sep. 13, 2001
Confidential Contracts judge Jul. 12, 2001
Confidential Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) judge Mar. 13, 2001
Janice Farmer v. Jeffrey Huffman Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) judge Jan. 18, 2001
Nicholas A. Brown v. Benjamin S. Song, et al. Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) judge Nov. 16, 2000
Raymond Watson v. City of Los Angeles Torts judge Oct. 7, 2000
Helen Martinez v. Lein Obogi Contracts judge Sep. 23, 2000
Normand and Associates Inc. v. Hartford Underwriters Insurance Co. Employment Law judge Aug. 5, 2000
Jefferson Smurfit Corporation v. California Insurance Guarantee Association Insurance judge Jul. 1, 2000
Virginia Jimenez, et al. v. County of Los Angeles, et al. Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) judge Feb. 26, 2000
Linda Maeder v. The Regents of the University of California, et al. Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) judge Feb. 20, 1999
Transource Polymers, Inc. v. H.M. Nationbilt; Howard Ho and Michelle Chang; H.M. Nationbilt v. Transource Polymers Business Law judge Aug. 29, 1998
Helena Romelia Contreras de Castillo, et al. v. Best Buy Foods, Inc. Personal Injury judge Jan. 17, 1998
Do Young Cho and Michael Kang v. Eric Chung and Steve Kim Contracts judge Jan. 3, 1998
Sol Kest v. Lawrence Broadbar; Times Mirror Corporation Personal Injury judge Aug. 30, 1997
Robert Towne v. California Pools Breach of Contract judge Aug. 16, 1997
Confidential Construction judge Aug. 16, 1997
Tempo Industries, Inc. v. State Compensation Insurance Fund Insurance judge Mar. 22, 1997
Jisook Park v. Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker Attorneys judge Feb. 1, 1997
Fabian Valdez v. Los Angeles Unified School District Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) judge Dec. 21, 1996
Ogunleye v. Pitney Bowes Employment Law judge Nov. 23, 1996
Aura Contreras v. City of Los Angeles Civil Rights judge Jun. 29, 1996
Clifford M. Courteau et al. v. Thomas Ocel et al. Construction judge May 4, 1996
The Redevelopment Agency of the City of Burbank v. 350 North Golden Mall, et al. Real Property judge Dec. 9, 1995
Andre Studer v. Mary G. Rossi; Ford Motor Company, et al. Personal Injury (Vehicular) judge Jul. 22, 1995
Edward and Celina Estrada, et al., v. City of Los Angeles, et al. Civil Rights judge Apr. 22, 1995
Confidential Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) judge Mar. 18, 1995
Jeffrey Lane, David Villalpando v. Hughes Aircraft Company Employment Law judge Nov. 12, 1994
David L. Ray, Receiver for General Money Order Company v. Wilshire State Bank Banking judge Sep. 10, 1994
Marion Bricker v. Westwood International, Inc., et al. Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) judge May 21, 1994
Guadalupe and Francisco Dominguez v. Vinod Assomull, M.D. Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) judge Mar. 19, 1994
Basia Lukaszek-Secousse, M.D. v. Neil Diorio, M.D. Employment Law judge Dec. 31, 1993
Claire Lipton v. Jack and Karen Scalia, Susan Weidman, Fred Sands Realty Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) judge Dec. 24, 1993
Title Court Published
Still Active Los Angeles County (Los Angeles) Nov. 1, 2022
Judge Malcolm H. Mackey Los Angeles County (Stanley Mosk May 2, 2012
Title Category Published
The end of WWII and the Italian election Judges and Judiciary May 24, 2017
The end of WWII and the Italian election Judges and Judiciary May 22, 2017
Case Category Published
Emmons v. Jesso
affirmed
 Real Property Aug. 28, 2025
Koenig v. Centralia Limited Investors
reversed in part
 Business Law Jul. 23, 2025
Lorenzo v. Calex Engineering, Inc.
reversed
 Torts Apr. 1, 2025
Travis v. Brand
reversed in part
 Government May 19, 2023
Olympic and Georgia Partners, LLC v. County of Los Angeles
reversed and remanded
 Tax Apr. 10, 2023
Travis v. Brand
reversed and remanded
 Government Jan. 30, 2023
Lewis v. Simplified Labor Staffing Solutions, Inc.
reversed and remanded
 Arbitration Dec. 6, 2022
Meyer v. Sheh
affirmed
 Real Property Feb. 4, 2022
American Contractors Indemnity Co. v. Hernandez
affirmed
 Civil Procedure Jan. 13, 2022
Patterson v. Superior Court (Charter Communications)
petition granted
 Employment Law Oct. 20, 2021
Travis v. Brand
affirmed
 statutory_interpretation Mar. 23, 2021
Fernandez v. Jimenez
affirmed
 Remedies Sep. 30, 2019
D.Z. v. Los Angeles Unified School Dist.
reversed and remanded
 Evidence May 15, 2019
Case v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Ins. Co., Inc.
affirmed
 Insurance Dec. 20, 2018
Honeycutt v. JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
reversed and remanded
 Arbitration Aug. 6, 2018
Case Name Topic Role Published
Delmy Portillo de Hernandez v. Quadrtech Corporation Employment Law judge Feb. 16, 2024
Cherie Brown v. Youval Zive, Vaca Partnership, Phoenix Realty Investments Real Property judge Dec. 15, 2023
Civil Rights Department v. Peter F. Deluke Jr., Peter F. Deluke Sr., as trustee of the Peter F. Deluke Trust Civil Rights judge Dec. 15, 2023
Richard Fox Emmons Jr. v. Tobias Jesso Jr. Contracts judge Jul. 28, 2023
Brian Murphy v. City of Glendale, et al. Employment Law judge Apr. 7, 2023
APS&EE LLC v. Michaels Stores Inc., Michaels Stores Procurement Company Inc., and Does 1 through 100, inclusive Consumer Law judge Sep. 30, 2022
Denisha Johnson, an individual, on behalf of herself and all others similarly situated, all aggrieved employees, and the State of California as a Private Attorneys General v. Route 66 Post Acute LLC, and Does 1-50, inclusive Employment Law judge May 6, 2022
Margarita Ordonez, et al. v. Shmuel Raigorodsky, and Yeshaya Lowenstein Real Property judge Sep. 17, 2021
Bankers Standard Insurance Company v. County of Los Angeles, et al. Insurance judge Jun. 7, 2019
Mohammad Vand, Jaime Cuadras v. David Ward Kent, KTGY Group Personal Injury judge Jul. 25, 2009
WSS Industrial Construction Inc. v. Great West Contractors, Inc. Contracts judge Jun. 10, 2006
Skylor Haagensen v. Michael Harris Personal Injury judge Apr. 22, 2006
Confidential Personal Injury judge Jun. 7, 2005
Martin W. Foreman, as Trustee of the Martin W. Foreman Trust v. Universal Dyeing & Printing Inc., Charles Ryu, Nam Sang Kong, Kee Sung Hwang Torts judge Oct. 26, 2004
Enrique Ponce Jr., et al. v. Good Samaritan Hospital, et al. Personal Injury judge May 11, 2004
Mary Hawkins, by and through her Guardian ad Litem, Jerome Woods v. Vernon Convalescent Hospital, JK Healthcare Management Corp. Torts judge Jan. 21, 2004
Alameda Corridor-East Construction Authority v. Best California Gas Ltd. Real Property judge Jan. 13, 2004
Atul Gupta v. Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Crothall Services Personal Injury judge Dec. 30, 2003
Harry Rosenfeld v. Josef Pesso, Yavneh Hebrew Academy, et al. Personal Injury judge Oct. 7, 2003
Confidential Personal Injury judge Jul. 1, 2003
Serafin Martinez v. Jonathan Wu Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) judge May 4, 2002
Confidential Real Property judge Feb. 9, 2002
Confidential Personal Injury (Vehicular) judge Oct. 11, 2001
Barbara Friedkin v. Double U Productions Inc. v. David Witz, Patricia Whitcher Intellectual Property judge Sep. 20, 2001
LG International Inc. v. Baik Corporations judge Sep. 13, 2001
Confidential Contracts judge Jul. 12, 2001
Confidential Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) judge Mar. 13, 2001
Janice Farmer v. Jeffrey Huffman Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) judge Jan. 18, 2001
Nicholas A. Brown v. Benjamin S. Song, et al. Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) judge Nov. 16, 2000
Raymond Watson v. City of Los Angeles Torts judge Oct. 7, 2000
Helen Martinez v. Lein Obogi Contracts judge Sep. 23, 2000
Normand and Associates Inc. v. Hartford Underwriters Insurance Co. Employment Law judge Aug. 5, 2000
Jefferson Smurfit Corporation v. California Insurance Guarantee Association Insurance judge Jul. 1, 2000
Virginia Jimenez, et al. v. County of Los Angeles, et al. Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) judge Feb. 26, 2000
Linda Maeder v. The Regents of the University of California, et al. Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) judge Feb. 20, 1999
Transource Polymers, Inc. v. H.M. Nationbilt; Howard Ho and Michelle Chang; H.M. Nationbilt v. Transource Polymers Business Law judge Aug. 29, 1998
Helena Romelia Contreras de Castillo, et al. v. Best Buy Foods, Inc. Personal Injury judge Jan. 17, 1998
Do Young Cho and Michael Kang v. Eric Chung and Steve Kim Contracts judge Jan. 3, 1998
Sol Kest v. Lawrence Broadbar; Times Mirror Corporation Personal Injury judge Aug. 30, 1997
Robert Towne v. California Pools Breach of Contract judge Aug. 16, 1997
Confidential Construction judge Aug. 16, 1997
Tempo Industries, Inc. v. State Compensation Insurance Fund Insurance judge Mar. 22, 1997
Jisook Park v. Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker Attorneys judge Feb. 1, 1997
Fabian Valdez v. Los Angeles Unified School District Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) judge Dec. 21, 1996
Ogunleye v. Pitney Bowes Employment Law judge Nov. 23, 1996
Aura Contreras v. City of Los Angeles Civil Rights judge Jun. 29, 1996
Clifford M. Courteau et al. v. Thomas Ocel et al. Construction judge May 4, 1996
The Redevelopment Agency of the City of Burbank v. 350 North Golden Mall, et al. Real Property judge Dec. 9, 1995
Andre Studer v. Mary G. Rossi; Ford Motor Company, et al. Personal Injury (Vehicular) judge Jul. 22, 1995
Edward and Celina Estrada, et al., v. City of Los Angeles, et al. Civil Rights judge Apr. 22, 1995
Confidential Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) judge Mar. 18, 1995
Jeffrey Lane, David Villalpando v. Hughes Aircraft Company Employment Law judge Nov. 12, 1994
David L. Ray, Receiver for General Money Order Company v. Wilshire State Bank Banking judge Sep. 10, 1994
Marion Bricker v. Westwood International, Inc., et al. Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) judge May 21, 1994
Guadalupe and Francisco Dominguez v. Vinod Assomull, M.D. Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) judge Mar. 19, 1994
Basia Lukaszek-Secousse, M.D. v. Neil Diorio, M.D. Employment Law judge Dec. 31, 1993
Claire Lipton v. Jack and Karen Scalia, Susan Weidman, Fred Sands Realty Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular) judge Dec. 24, 1993
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