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There are fourteen (14) geographically-based appellate districts, each of which encompasses multiple counties and is presided over by a Texas Court of Appeals denominated by number: [23] 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 ...
When a court of appeals was created for the District of Columbia in 1893, it was named the "Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia", and it was renamed to the "United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia" in 1934.
Of Texas’ 15 appellate courts, each has a chief justice and between 3 and 13 justices that rule on cases; 83 justices serve statewide overall. Republicans swept races in five courts
Georgina "Gina" Martinez Benavides (born December 6, 1962) was a justice at the Texas Thirteenth Court of Appeals based in Corpus Christi and Edinburg. She was first elected in 2006, and re-elected in 2012. [1] She is a member of the Democratic Party and resides in McAllen, Texas. Benavides sought election to the Thirteenth Court's Chief ...
The appeals court on Friday also issued an appellate ruling in Doe v. Abbott , a case brought by the parents of a transgender adolescent diagnosed with gender dysphoria and by Dr. Megan Mooney, a ...
The district courts were established by Congress under Article III of the United States Constitution. The courts hear civil and criminal cases, and each is paired with a bankruptcy court. [2] Appeals from the district courts are made to one of the 13 courts of appeals, organized geographically. The number of district courts in a court of ...
The Court of Criminal Appeals is the state’s court of last resort for criminal matters. It automatically handles all cases involving the death penalty, but can choose to hear others as well ...
The Texas Supreme Court Building. Texas is the only state besides Oklahoma to have a bifurcated appellate system at the highest level. [4] The Texas Supreme Court hears appeals involving civil matters (which include juvenile cases), and the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals hears appeals involving criminal matters. [4]