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Following is a list of current and former courthouses of the United States federal court system located in Texas.Each entry indicates the name of the building along with an image, if available, its location and the jurisdiction it covers, [1] the dates during which it was used for each such jurisdiction, and, if applicable the person for whom it was named, and the date of renaming.
Each district also has a United States Marshal who serves the court system. Three territories of the United States — the Virgin Islands, Guam, and the Northern Mariana Islands — have district courts that hear federal cases, including bankruptcy cases. [1] The breakdown of what is in each judicial district is codified in 28 U.S.C. §§ 81–131.
The first federal judge in Texas was John C. Watrous, who was appointed on May 26, 1846, and had previously served as Attorney General of the Republic of Texas. He was assigned to hold court in Galveston, at the time, the largest city in the state. As seat of the Texas Judicial District, the Galveston court had jurisdiction over the whole state ...
State courts of Texas. Texas Supreme Court (Civil) [309] Texas Court of Criminal Appeals (Criminal) [310] Texas Courts of Appeals (14 districts) [311] Texas District Courts (420 districts) [312] Texas County Courts [313] Texas Justice Courts [314] Texas Municipal Courts [315] Federal courts located in Texas
As seat of the United States District Court for the District of Texas, the Galveston court had jurisdiction over the whole state. [1] On February 21, 1857, the state was divided into two districts, Eastern and Western, with Judge Watrous continuing in the Eastern district. [2]
Jul. 31—WASHINGTON U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX) and Ted Cruz (R-TX) released the following statements after their Improving Access to Our Courts Act to allow federal court proceedings to be ...
A federal trial court in Texas commonly targeted by litigants as a way to guarantee a conservative judge will hear their case is rebuffing the push by US judiciary’s policy-making body to rein ...
Federal Courthouse in Galveston that housed the Eastern District court from 1891–1902, when the Southern District of Texas was created. [3] The first federal judge in Texas was John C. Watrous, who was appointed on May 26, 1846, and had previously served as Attorney General of the Republic of Texas. He was assigned to hold court in Galveston ...