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The court's headquarters is in Houston, Texas, and has six additional locations in the district. Appeals from cases brought in the Southern District of Texas are taken to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (except for patent claims and claims against the U.S. government under the Tucker Act , which are appealed to the ...
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 ...
Municipal Courts are the most active courts, with County Courts and District Courts handling most other cases and often sharing the same courthouse. Administration is the responsibility of the Supreme Court of Texas, which is aided by the Texas Office of Court Administration, Texas Judicial Council and the State Bar of Texas, which it oversees.
Harris County District Courts expand to address growing caseload
Brazoria County, Harris County and Liberty County: Its county seat, named after Bernardo de Gálvez, Spanish governor of the Louisiana Territory (1777–1785) 361,744: 399 sq mi (1,033 km 2) Garza County: 169: Post: 1876: Bexar County: José Antonio de la Garza, pioneering settler and first Mayor of San Antonio: 4,517: 896 sq mi (2,321 km 2 ...
Harris County Criminal Courts Building. The Harris County Flood Control District manages the effects of flooding in the county. The Harris County Sheriff's Office operates jail facilities and is the primary provider of law enforcement services to the unincorporated areas of the county. The sheriff is the conservator of the peace in the county.
Pat Lykos: [162] First female District Attorney for Harris County, Texas (2009) Debra Ibarra Mayfield: [36] [163] [164] First Latino American female to serve as a county court judge in Harris County, Texas (2011) Lina Hidalgo: [165] [166] First female (and Hispanic woman of Colombian descent) elected as the Harris County Judge (2018)
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.