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She previously served as a justice of the First Court of Appeals of Texas from 2011 to 2017. [3] On October 15, 2020, Governor Greg Abbott nominated Huddle to the Texas Supreme Court to replace Justice Paul W. Green, who retired from the court in August. [3] [4] Huddle was sworn into office on October 30, 2020. [5] [6]
The Texas Supreme Court Building. Texas is the only state besides Oklahoma to have a bifurcated appellate system at the highest level. [4] The Texas Supreme Court hears appeals involving civil matters (which include juvenile cases), and the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals hears appeals involving criminal matters. [4]
The first Post Office was built in Galveston in 1836. The previous Customs House and Court House was built in the late 1850s but due to Galveston's growth as a port city, the need for additional Federal office and court space necessitated further construction. In fact, the need was so great the 1890s structure became inadequate in slightly more ...
Alia Moses (1986): [64] [65] First female as a Judge of the U.S. States District Court for the Western District of Texas (2002) and its Chief Judge (2022) Brenda T. Rhoades: [66] [67] First Asian American (female) to serve as a Judge of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Texas (2003)
But hours later, Silva received a jolt: a federal judge in Texas was temporarily suspending the program that could benefit an estimated 500,000 immigrants in the U.S., freezing in place one of the ...
He received his judicial commission on April 22, 2015, [6] and was assigned to the Galveston Division of the Southern District of Texas. [13] He is the first African-American federal judge to preside over the Galveston court. Hanks has been mentioned as a possible nominee to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. [14]
Galveston County was established in 1838. A courthouse building was erected in 1898. Another was built in 1966. Tibor Beerman was the primary architect. [2] The current courthouse building is known as the Galveston County Justice Center and was dedicated in 2006. [1] Dignified Resignation statue erected at the courthouse in 1911
Petteway v. Galveston County [c] 86 F.4th 1146 (5th Cir. 2023) is a United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit case in which the court held that racial and ethnic groups may not aggregate their populations in Voting Rights Act violation claims. The decision overrules the court's prior decision in Campos v.