Associate Justice, Court of Appeal, First District, Division One: Shall Associate Justice MONIQUE LANGHORNE WILSON be elected to the office for the term provided by law?
What does this office do?
- Deciding what state laws and the state constitution mean
- Setting rulings that lower state courts must follow
- Deciding major criminal and civil cases
Affects: Public Safety and Crime Control, Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties, Gun Control,
Monique Langhorne Wilson
Nonpartisan · Incumbent · Official site
Langhorne Wilson is an associate justice in Division One of California's First District Court of Appeal. She previously served as a Napa Superior Court judge and commissioner across criminal, civil, family, and juvenile assignments.
Track record
Track record — General
General · 6 records
Was unanimously confirmed as an associate justice of the First District Court of Appeal, Division One.
January 30, 2024
Source: newsroom.courts.ca.gov
Was nominated as an associate justice of the First District Court of Appeal, Division One.
December 8, 2023
Source: napa.courts.ca.gov
Served for three months as a justice pro tempore in the First District Court of Appeal, Division Five.
January 1, 2023
Source: appellate.courts.ca.gov
Won retention to the Napa County Superior Court with more than 80 percent of the vote.
March 3, 2020
Source: appellate.courts.ca.gov
Was appointed a judge of the Napa County Superior Court.
November 29, 2018
Source: napa.courts.ca.gov
Became a commissioner of the Napa County Superior Court.
January 1, 2006
Source: appellate.courts.ca.gov
Track record — Legal Competence
Legal Competence · 25 favorable
Joined Wilkins v. Cruise, ordering arbitration after finding an autonomous ride service's sign-in agreement enforceable.
July 14, 2026Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: law.justia.com
Authored City of Clearlake v. Highlands Mutual Water, reversing an injunction based on a rejected constitutional challenge to a share-cancellation law.
July 7, 2026Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: law.justia.com
Joined Guthrie v. Transamerica Life Insurance, affirming denial of class certification for allegedly misleading policy language.
June 22, 2026Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: law.justia.com
Authored People v. McCowan, upholding gun convictions against search, counsel-performance, and Second Amendment challenges.
January 13, 2026Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: law.justia.com
Authored Mendocino Railway v. Meyer, reversing a property judgment and remanding for a determination of just compensation.
December 9, 2025Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: appellatecases.courtinfo.ca.gov
Authored In re L.H., affirming a juvenile secure-youth-facility term and rejecting an equal-protection challenge.
April 9, 2025Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: law.justia.com
Joined Colon-Perez v. Security Industry Specialists, allowing withdrawal from arbitration after an employer missed the statutory fee deadline.
January 29, 2025Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: law.justia.com
Joined Murphy v. City of Petaluma, finding paramedics owed no duty after a competent crash victim repeatedly refused care.
November 25, 2024Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: law.justia.com
Joined People v. Hersom, upholding trial during the defendant's voluntary absence while awarding four additional custody-credit days.
September 26, 2024Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: law.justia.com
Joined Maxwell v. Atria Management, reversing denial of arbitration and requiring reconsideration of who had authority to sign the agreement.
September 19, 2024Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: law.justia.com
Was unanimously confirmed as an associate justice of the First District Court of Appeal, Division One.
January 30, 2024Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: newsroom.courts.ca.gov
Was nominated as an associate justice of the First District Court of Appeal, Division One.
December 8, 2023Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: napa.courts.ca.gov
Served for three months as a justice pro tempore in the First District Court of Appeal, Division Five.
January 1, 2023Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: appellate.courts.ca.gov
Handled domestic-violence restraining orders and firearm-prohibition hearings on the Napa Superior Court.
January 1, 2022Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: appellate.courts.ca.gov
Handled drug-court and mental-health-court assignments on the Napa Superior Court.
January 1, 2021Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: appellate.courts.ca.gov
Won retention to the Napa County Superior Court with more than 80 percent of the vote.
March 3, 2020Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: appellate.courts.ca.gov
Supervised the Napa Superior Court criminal division.
January 1, 2019Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: appellate.courts.ca.gov
Was appointed a judge of the Napa County Superior Court.
November 29, 2018Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: napa.courts.ca.gov
Began teaching for California's New Judge Orientation program.
January 1, 2017Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: appellate.courts.ca.gov
Served on the Witkin Judicial College Steering Committee.
January 1, 2012Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: appellate.courts.ca.gov
Joined the California Judicial Mentor Program Executive Committee and served as its North Bay liaison.
January 1, 2010Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: appellate.courts.ca.gov
Served on the California Center for Judicial Education and Research Ethics and Fairness Curriculum Committee.
January 1, 2008Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: appellate.courts.ca.gov
Became a commissioner of the Napa County Superior Court.
January 1, 2006Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: appellate.courts.ca.gov
Became a deputy district attorney in Napa County.
January 1, 2000Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: newsroom.courts.ca.gov
Worked as a family support officer for the Napa County Department of Child Support Services.
January 1, 1999Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: newsroom.courts.ca.gov
Track record — Candidate Ethics
Candidate Ethics · 2 records
Joined the California Judicial Mentor Program Executive Committee and served as its North Bay liaison.
January 1, 2010
Source: appellate.courts.ca.gov
Served on the California Center for Judicial Education and Research Ethics and Fairness Curriculum Committee.
January 1, 2008
Source: appellate.courts.ca.gov
Source: elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov