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In the smaller counties, a single district court handles all types of cases. In rural areas, as many as five counties share a single district court; urban counties. One of the most unusual features of Texas trial courts, including district courts, is the tradition of having only one judge per trial court. [9]
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 as other matters. Most district courts consider both criminal and civil cases but, in counties with many courts, each may specialize in ...
In Texas, all cases appealed from district and county courts, criminal and civil, go to one of the fourteen intermediate courts of appeals, with one exception: death penalty cases. The latter are taken directly to the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals , the court of last resort for criminal matters in the State of Texas.
Both the district court he filed suit in and the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals previously ruled the Title X program “must comply with Texas laws that require parental consent before dispensing ...
The United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas (in case citations, N.D. Tex.) is a United States district court. Its first judge, Andrew Phelps McCormick, was appointed to the court on April 10, 1879. The court convenes in Dallas, Texas with divisions in Fort Worth, Amarillo, Abilene, Lubbock, San Angelo, and Wichita Falls.
The Texas federal district court, using proposals from parties in the current Section 2 case, developed the three interim district plans for the state's congressional and legislative districts by November 2011. [1] The state, defending its maps, issued an emergency request to the United States Supreme Court to reject the District Court maps.
Thompson, Krissah, "Edward Blum defies odds in getting cases to Supreme Court", Washington Post, February 25, 2013. Bush v. Vera was Blum's first case. In 2013, two more cases challenging racial preferences—in University of Texas admissions and in the Voting Rights Act respectively—and with Blum's active contribution are before the Supreme ...
A lower court judge had blocked enforcement of the ban in certain situations on Aug. 4, but the order has been on hold while the state appeals to the Texas Supreme Court. Oral arguments in the ...