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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.
In 2002, Governor Rick Perry appointed Elrod to be a judge on the 190th District Court in Harris County. She was elected to the judgeship in the 2002 general election, and again in 2006 when she ran unopposed. As a state district court judge, she presided over jury and bench trials involving civil litigation.
In 2006, several dozen Republican incumbents were swept off their benches by Democrats in Dallas County, and in 2008, many incumbents lost in Harris County. [30] District court judges are required to be licensed attorneys. In addition to judicial powers, district judges also have administrative duties as well.
Justice Leondra Kruger of the California Supreme Court clerked for Justice John Paul Stevens from 2003 until 2004. Law clerks have assisted the justices of the United States Supreme Court in various capacities since the first one was hired by Justice Horace Gray in 1882. Each Associate Justice is permitted to employ four law clerks per Court term; the Chief Justice may employ five. Most ...
Judges sitting Alex Kozinski , Ronald M. Gould , Consuelo M. Callahan Douglas v. U.S. Dist. Court ex rel Talk America , 495 F.3d 1062 (2007), [ 1 ] is a U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals case that examines whether a service provider may change the terms of its service contract by merely posting a revised contract on its website, without ...
As of January 2019, 472 district courts serve the state, each with a single judge, elected by partisan election to a four-year term. [ 1 ] District courts have original jurisdiction in all felony criminal cases, divorce cases, land title disputes, election contests, civil matters in which at least $200 is disputed or claimed in damages, as well ...
Harris County District Court (2019– ) Texas: active: Gaynelle Griffin Jones [420] First Court of the Texas Courts of Appeals (1992–1993) Texas: deceased: Jennifer L. Jones [421] Sedgwick County District Court (1992–2001); Wichita Municipal Court (2001– ) Kansas: active: Joscelyn Jones [422] Alameda County Superior Court (2020 ...
State of Texas v. Yolanda Saldívar was a criminal trial held at the Harris County Criminal Courthouse in Downtown Houston, in the U.S. state of Texas. [2] The trial began with the jury's swearing-in on October 9, 1995, through opening statements on October 12, to a verdict on October 23.