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Camille Hutson–Dunn (1963): [42] First female appointed as a Justice of the First Court of Appeals in Texas (1984) Alice Oliver–Parrott: First female to serve as a Chief Justice in the Texas Court of Appeals (1991-1996) [43] Gaynelle Griffin Jones: [44] [45] First African American female to serve as an appellate court judge in Texas (1992) [46]
Galveston County [c] 86 F.4th 1146 (5th Cir. 2023) is a United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit case in which the court held that racial and ethnic groups may not aggregate their populations in Voting Rights Act violation claims. The decision overrules the court's prior decision in Campos v. City of Baytown (1988). The case was ...
The district court has exclusive jurisdiction over felony cases, cases involving title to land, and election contest cases. It shares jurisdiction with the county courts, and in some case justice of the peace courts, for civil cases (its lowest limit for hearing a case is a mere $200 in controversy, while JP courts can hear cases up to $10,000).
The amendment provided that three-judge courts of appeals were to be created by legislature, and in 1892, the legislature created 3 courts of appeals: The First Court of Civil Appeals in Galveston, the Second Court of Civil Appeals in Fort Worth, and the Third Court of Civil Appeals in Austin. In 1893, the legislature created the Fourth Court ...
In 2001 she was an equal justice foundation fellow for C-CAPE in Beaufort, North Carolina. She began her legal career as a law clerk to Judge William Joseph Haynes Jr. of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee. Before becoming a judge, she worked as chair of Middleton Reutlinger's litigation practice, and her ...
Judge Duty station Born Term of service Appointed by Active Chief Senior; 35 Chief Judge Beth Phillips: Kansas City: 1969 2012–present 2019–present — Obama: 34 District Judge David Gregory Kays: Kansas City: 1962 2008–present 2014–2019 — G.W. Bush: 36 District Judge Brian C. Wimes [Note 1] Kansas City: 1966 2012–present ...
Galveston County was established in 1838. A courthouse building was erected in 1898. Another was built in 1966. Tibor Beerman was the primary architect. [2] The current courthouse building is known as the Galveston County Justice Center and was dedicated in 2006. [1] Dignified Resignation statue erected at the courthouse in 1911
Supreme Court of the United States 38°53′26″N 77°00′16″W / 38.89056°N 77.00444°W / 38.89056; -77.00444 Established March 4, 1789 ; 235 years ago (1789-03-04) Location Washington, D.C. Coordinates 38°53′26″N 77°00′16″W / 38.89056°N 77.00444°W / 38.89056; -77.00444 Composition method Presidential nomination with Senate confirmation Authorised by ...