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  2. United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas

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    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 ...

  3. Rockwall County, Texas - Wikipedia

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    Rockwall County is a county in the U.S. state of Texas. At 149 square miles (390 sq km), Rockwall County has the smallest area of any Texas county. Per the 2020 Census, its population was 107,819. [1] Its county seat is Rockwall. [2] The county and city are named for a wall-like subterranean rock formation that runs throughout the county.

  4. List of county courthouses in Texas - Wikipedia

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    After statehood, Texas county courthouses kept their powers. [2] The counties of Texas were often first served by a tree, tent, or another building before judicial functions moved into a log cabin or dugout. [3] During the later 19th century, most county courthouses were simple wooden or stone two-story rectangular buildings. [4]

  5. Texas District Courts - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  6. Fifth Court of Appeals of Texas - Wikipedia

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    The Fifth Court of Appeals of Texas is one of the 14 Texas Courts of Appeals.It currently sits in Dallas, Texas.It has simultaneously both the smallest Court of Appeals' jurisdictional geographic size (only six counties, one of which is shared with another Court), and the largest composition (13 Justices).

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    2020 for Judge for Texas Court of Appeals, Pl 3. Please list highlights of your civic involvement. TFRW, Member*McLennan County Republican Women*Member*Central Texas Republican Women, Past ...

  8. Judiciary of Texas - Wikipedia

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    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.

  9. Texas Courts of Appeals - Wikipedia

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    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.