Daniel J. Kremer (born November 21, 1937) is a former Presiding Justice of the California Fourth District Court of Appeal, Division One, having been appointed to the post by Republican Governor George Deukmejian in 1985.
[1] Later that year, Republican Governor George Deukmejian appointed Kremer to serve as a San Diego County Superior Court Judge.
In 1985, Deukmejian elevated Kremer to serve as Presiding Justice of the California Fourth District Court of Appeal, Division One.
[1] As Presiding Justice, Kremer wrote court opinions ruling in favor of a grower by upholding a $1.7 million judgment against the United Farm Workers for holding an illegal strike,[4] in favor of a teenager by overturning a $166.50 speeding ticket fine imposed by a traffic court,[5] that a widowed father should be given custody of his daughter after his parents-in-law and their attorney used "inexcusable" tactics to try to take custody from him,[6] that an insurance company could not sue to recover losses that occurred in space exploration,[7] that a fundamentalist Christian mother convicted of civil contempt could be charged with felony child-stealing for taking her teenage son from his gay father without violating her constitutional protection against double jeopardy,[8] that a city did not act with gross negligence in a surfer's death by failing to call for off-duty lifeguards,[9] that police did have probable cause to arrest the co-worker of a bludgeoned teenage murder victim,[10] that the owner of an apartment complex could refuse to allow the installation of Cox Cable equipment,[11] and that doctors reporting suspected cases of child abuse were immune from lawsuits by parents.
[12] Presiding Justice Kremer has been active in legal education through programs for the California Judges Association, San Diego law schools and a variety of lawyer and civic groups.