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Active service Chief Judge Senior status Appointed by Reason for termination 1 John Charles Watrous: TX: 1801–1874 1857–1870 [Note 1] — — Polk/Operation of law: resignation 2 Joel C. C. Winch: TX: 1835–1880 1870–1871 [Note 2] — — Grant: not confirmed 3 Amos Morrill: TX: 1809–1884 1872–1883 — — Grant: retirement 4 ...
The first federal judge in Texas was John C. Watrous, who was appointed on May 26, 1846, and had previously served as Attorney General of the Republic of Texas. He was assigned to hold court in Galveston, at the time, the largest city in the state. As seat of the Texas Judicial District, the Galveston court had jurisdiction over the whole state ...
The Roosevelt administration's Judicial Reorganization Bill of 1937, best known for its provision to enlarge the Supreme Court, included the appointment of a proctor who would gather data on the business of the courts and make recommendations for the reassignment of judges and improved case management. Many district court judges resisted this ...
State courts of Texas. Texas Supreme Court (Civil) [1] Texas Court of Criminal Appeals (Criminal) [2] Texas Courts of Appeals (14 districts) [3] Texas District Courts (420 districts) [4] Texas County Courts [5] Texas Justice Courts [6] Texas Municipal Courts [7] Federal courts located in Texas. United States District Court for the Eastern ...
Active service Chief Judge Senior status Appointed by Reason for termination 1 Thomas Howard DuVal: TX: 1813–1880 1857–1880 — — Pierce: death 2 Ezekiel B. Turner: TX: 1825–1888 1880–1888 [Note 1] — — Hayes: death 3 Thomas Sheldon Maxey: TX: 1846–1921 1888–1916 — — Cleveland: retirement 4 DuVal West: TX: 1861–1949 1916 ...
PACER (acronym for Public Access to Court Electronic Records) is an electronic public access service for United States federal court documents. It allows authorized users to obtain case and docket information from the United States district courts, United States courts of appeals, and United States bankruptcy courts.
TX: 1905–2007 — — 1982–2007 L. Johnson / Operation of law [11] death 6 Philip Nichols Jr. DC: 1907–1990 1982–1983 — 1983–1990 L. Johnson / Operation of law [11] death 7 Byron George Skelton: TX: 1905–2004 — — 1982–2004 L. Johnson / Operation of law [11] death 8 Phillip Baldwin: TX: 1924–2002 1982–1986 — 1986–1991 ...
Active service Chief Judge Senior status Appointed by Reason for termination 1 Andrew Phelps McCormick: TX: 1832–1916 1879–1892 — — Hayes: elevation to 5th Cir. 2 John B. Rector: TX: 1837–1898 1892–1898 — — B. Harrison: death 3 Edward Roscoe Meek: TX: 1865–1939 1899 [6] –1935 — 1935–1939 McKinley: death 4 James Clifton ...