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Harris County, the state's most populous, is home to 60 district courts - each one covering the entire county. While district courts can exercise concurrent jurisdiction over an entire county, and they can and do share courthouses and clerks to save money (as allowed under an 1890 Texas Supreme Court case), each is still legally constituted as ...
In Harris County, the genera jurisdictional cap is $200,000 but these courts also have exclusive jurisdiction of eminent domain proceedings regardless of the amount in controversy. [15] In Travis County, the amount in controversy for matters the Statutory County Court can entertain ranges from $500 to $250,000. [14]
Districts map. There are fourteen appellate districts each of which encompasses multiple counties and is presided over by a Texas Court of Appeals denominated by number: [19] The counties of Gregg, Rusk, Upshur, and Wood are in the jurisdictions of both the Sixth and Twelfth Courts, while Hunt County is in the jurisdiction of both the Fifth and Sixth Courts.
The Bexar County district attorney's office asked Travis County to take the lead on the case, Travis County prosecutor Guillermo Gonzalez told 147th District Judge Cliff Brown during the hearing.
The case was filed by Mary Elizabeth Dupuis, a Travis County resident. The petition argues that Garza has policies not to prosecute certain crimes, which amount to "incompetency and official ...
Texas' highest criminal court rejected Travis County District Attorney José Garza's request to overturn Gov. Greg Abbott's pardon of Daniel Perry, who was convicted last year for killing a Black ...
Bell County, Travis County and Williamson County: David Gouverneur Burnet, the first president of the Republic of Texas (1836) 53,991: 995 sq mi (2,577 km 2) Caldwell County: 055: Lockhart: 1848: Bastrop County and Gonzales County: Matthew Caldwell, a signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence and soldier during the Texas Revolution 49,859 ...
Kocurek's caseload has included presiding over cases brought against Texas governor Rick Perry and U.S Congressman Tom DeLay. [3] In Perry's case, Kocurek presided briefly before recusing herself from the matter due to her previous association with the Travis County District Attorney's office, and transferring the matter to Judge Billy Ray Stubblefield, [2] who assigned the matter to senior ...