Gordon B. Burns

Associate Justice
California Courts of Appeal
1st Appellate District, Division 5
Department/Division: 5

350 McAllister St.
San Francisco , CA 94102-3600
(415) 865-7300

Appointed to the 1st Appellate District by Gov. Jerry Brown in November 2018. Brown appointed Burns to the state Environmental Protection Agency in 2011. Prior to that, he was an attorney with the Resources Law Group LLP, a Sacramento environmental law firm. He spent well over a decade at the state Department of Justice as a deputy attorney general and later a deputy solicitor general.

Case	Category	Published
People v. Mathis author	Criminal Law and Procedure	May 22, 2025
People v. Anderson author	Criminal Law and Procedure	May 6, 2025
In re L.W. author	Dependency	Mar. 20, 2025
Modification: Sunflower Alliance v. California Dept. of Conservation author	Environmental Law	Oct. 8, 2024
Anoke v. Twitter author	Arbitration	Sep. 19, 2024
Sunflower Alliance v. California Dept. of Conservation author	Environmental Law	Sep. 9, 2024
People v. McCune affirmed	Criminal Law and Procedure	Aug. 8, 2024
Mueller v. Mueller author	Contracts	Jun. 3, 2024
Modification: County of Alameda v. Alameda County Taxpayers' Assn., Inc. author	Tax	Feb. 26, 2024
County of Alameda v. Alameda County Taxpayers' Assn., Inc. author	Tax	Jan. 30, 2024
Mattson Technology v. Applied Materials author	Civil Procedure	Nov. 2, 2023
Williamson v. Genentech, Inc. author	Business Law	Aug. 7, 2023
In re A.B. author	Juveniles	Aug. 4, 2023
Modification: Make UC a Good Neighbor v. Regents of University of Cal. author	Environmental Law	Mar. 16, 2023
Make UC a Good Neighbor v. Regents of University of Cal. author	Environmental Law	Feb. 27, 2023
State Dept. of State Hospitals v. Superior Court (Jane Doe) author	Immunity	Nov. 3, 2022
People v. Guillory author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Aug. 17, 2022
People v. McCune author	Remedies	Jul. 26, 2022
Shoker v. Superior Court (Phangureh) author	Real Property	Jul. 18, 2022
City of Los Angeles Dept. of Airports v. U.S. Specialty Insurance Co. author	Civil Procedure	Jun. 16, 2022
People v. Smith author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Jun. 14, 2022
Hahn v. New York Air Brake LLC author	Civil Procedure	Apr. 27, 2022
Tola v. Bryant author	Corporations	Mar. 28, 2022
In re K.M. author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Feb. 22, 2022
People v. Smith author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Feb. 22, 2022
Modification: Mission Peak Conservancy v. State Water Resources Control Board author	Water Rights	Dec. 21, 2021
Mission Peak Conservancy v. State Water Resources Control Board author	Water Rights	Dec. 17, 2021
Modification: Doe v. Damron author	Civil Procedure	Nov. 11, 2021
Host International, Inc. v. City of Oakland author	Tax	Oct. 26, 2021
Doe v. Damron author	Civil Procedure	Oct. 22, 2021
People v. Sands author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Oct. 14, 2021
Reddish v. Westamerica Bank author	Civil Procedure	Aug. 31, 2021
In re M.W. author	Juveniles	Aug. 11, 2021
Corona v. Superior Court (People) author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Jun. 24, 2021
Banister v. Marinidence Opco, LLC author	Arbitration	May 25, 2021
The Sonoma Land Trust v. Thompson author	Attorneys	May 5, 2021
In re Hoze author	statutory_interpretation	Mar. 1, 2021
Crestwood Behavioral Health, Inc. v. Superior Court (Fragoza) author	Civil Procedure	Feb. 19, 2021
Self v. Cher-AE Heights Indian Community author	Government	Jan. 28, 2021
People v. Estrada author	statutory_interpretation	Dec. 18, 2020
Tiburon/Belvedere Residents United to Support the Trails v. Martha Co. author	Real Property	Oct. 28, 2020
In re McDowell author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Oct. 19, 2020
In re J.W.-P. author	Dependency	Sep. 10, 2020
Save Berkeley's Neighborhoods v. Regents of the University of California author	statutory_interpretation	Jul. 2, 2020
Olabi v. Neutron Holdings, Inc. author	Arbitration	Jun. 23, 2020
People v. Jones author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Jun. 17, 2020
Hernandez v. Dept. of Motor Vehicles concurring	statutory_interpretation	Jun. 4, 2020
Galeotti v. International Union of Operating Engineers concurring	Civil Procedure	May 8, 2020
Obbard v. State Bar of California author	Attorneys	Apr. 30, 2020
Facebook, Inc. v. Super. Ct. author	statutory_interpretation	Mar. 10, 2020
In re McDowell author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Mar. 3, 2020
Brome v. Cal. Highway Patrol author	Employment Discrimination	Jan. 30, 2020
People v. Drayton author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Nov. 27, 2019
Ghezavat v. Harris author	Torts	Oct. 1, 2019
People v. Hughes author	Criminal Law and Procedure	Sep. 13, 2019
Churchman v. Bay Area Rapid Transit Dist. author	Torts	Aug. 29, 2019
Rel v. Pacific Bell Mobile Services author	Civil Procedure	Apr. 2, 2019

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