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2. Texas Courts of Appeals - Wikipedia

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   The various courts of appeals occasionally but rarely hand down conflicting rulings on the same legal issue. In large part, the Texas Supreme Court (in civil cases) or Court of Criminal Appeals (in criminal cases) exist to resolve these rare conflicts and to set forth consistent legal precedent for the state's litigants.

3. Texas District Courts - Wikipedia

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   Most district courts consider both criminal and civil cases but, in counties with many courts, each may specialize in civil, criminal, juvenile, or family law matters. [ 2 ] The Texas tradition of one judge per district court is descended from what was the dominant form of American state trial court organization for much of the 19th century ...

4. United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas

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   The United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas (in case citations, N.D. Tex.) is a United States district court. Its first judge, Andrew Phelps McCormick, was appointed to the court on April 10, 1879. The court convenes in Dallas, Texas with divisions in Fort Worth, Amarillo, Abilene, Lubbock, San Angelo, and Wichita Falls.

5. Judiciary of Texas - Wikipedia

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   Criminal district attorneys prosecute both felony and misdemeanor criminal cases and serve a single county in which they are elected for four-year terms. [16] City attorneys prosecute criminal cases in municipal courts. [16] If a county has only a district attorney or county attorney, this official prosecutes all criminal cases within the ...

6. United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas

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   In 2016, 1,647 cases (or 36.4%) of the nation's patent cases were filed in the Eastern District, which was again more than the total number of lawsuits filed in the District of Delaware (455 cases or 10.1%), Central District of California (290 cases or 6.4%), Northern District of Illinois (247 cases or 5.5%) and Northern District of California ...

7. List of United States Supreme Court cases by the Burger Court

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   Effective assistance of counsel in appeals in criminal cases Wainwright v. Witt: 469 U.S. 412 (1985) Selection of jurors in death penalty cases United States v. Maine: 469 U.S. 504 (1985) Long Island is an extension of the mainland and the bordering sounds are therefore under state regulatory control Garcia v. San Antonio Metropolitan Transit ...

8. Fifth Court of Appeals of Texas - Wikipedia

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   The Fifth Court of Appeals of Texas is one of the 14 Texas Courts of Appeals. It currently sits in Dallas, Texas . It has simultaneously both the smallest Court of Appeals' jurisdictional geographic size (only six counties, one of which is shared with another Court), and the largest composition (13 Justices).

9. List of law enforcement agencies in Texas - Wikipedia

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   There are over 150 federal law enforcement offices in Texas. including those for the Federal Bureau of Prisons, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives; Customs and Border Protection; Drug Enforcement Administration; Federal Bureau of Investigation; Immigration and Customs Enforcement; United States Secret Service; Department of the Army Criminal Investigation Division; Naval ...