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The associate justices were the judges of the eight district courts of Texas. The district judges, whose first session was January 13, 1840, served with the chief justice as associate justices from January 13, 1840 to December 29, 1845, when Texas was admitted into the United States:
The Supreme Court of Texas is the court of last resort for civil matters (including juvenile delinquency cases, which are categorized as civil under the Texas Family Code) in the U.S. state of Texas. A different court, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals , is the court of last resort in criminal matters.
Justin Brett Busby (born April 12, 1973) is a current Justice of the Supreme Court of Texas and a former justice of the 14th Court of Appeals of Texas whose six-year term ended December 31, 2018. [1] Along with many other Republican incumbents on the State's largest intermediate appellate courts, Busby was narrowly defeated in the November 2018 ...
Justices of the Republic of Texas Supreme Court (1 C, 10 P) Pages in category "Justices of the Texas Supreme Court" The following 127 pages are in this category, out of 127 total.
The Chief Justice of Texas presides at the Texas Supreme Court, which is the top appellate court for civil matters in the Texas court system. The chief justice (and all the justices) are elected statewide in partisan elections. The term of the chief justice is six years. The position was created in the Texas Constitution of 1876. The current ...
Blacklock ran successfully for re-election in 2024. Once again, he was not challenged in the primary. In the general election, he defeated DeSean Jones, a district court judge in Harris County, with 58.3% of the statewide votes. [9] Blacklock’s 16.6% margin was the highest margin for a Texas Supreme Court candidate since 2014.
Chief justices of the Republic of Texas Supreme Court (4 P) Pages in category "Justices of the Republic of Texas Supreme Court" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total.
Nathan Lincoln Hecht (born August 15, 1949) was the chief justice of the Supreme Court of Texas, until his mandatory retirement December 31, 2024. A Republican from Dallas, Hecht was first elected to the Supreme Court in 1988 and was reelected to six-year terms in 1994, 2000 and 2006. He secured his fifth six-year term on November 6, 2012.