Courts of Texas
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Courts of Texas include:


State courts of Texas
  • Texas Supreme Court
    Texas Supreme Court
    The Supreme Court of Texas is the court of last resort for non-criminal matters in the state of Texas. A different court, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, is the court of last resort for criminal matters.The Court is composed of a Chief Justice and eight Associate Justices...

     (Civil)
  • Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
    Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
    The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals is the court of last resort for all criminal matters in the State of Texas, United States. The Court, which is based in the Supreme Court Building in Downtown Austin, is composed of a Presiding Judge and eight judges....

     (Criminal)
    • Texas Courts of Appeals
      Texas Courts of Appeals
      The Texas Courts of Appeals are part of the Texas judicial system. In Texas, all cases appealed from the district level, both criminal and civil, may be heard by one of the fourteen Texas Courts of Appeals. The exception is for cases where the death penalty is a factor; these cases go directly to...

       (14 districts)
      • Texas District Courts
        Texas District Courts
        The Texas District Courts form part of the Texas judicial system and are the trial courts of general jurisdiction of Texas. As of September 2011, 456 district courts serve the state, each with a single judge, elected by partisan election to a four-year term....

         (420 districts)
      • Texas County Courts
        • Texas Justice Courts
        • Texas Municipal Courts


Federal courts located in Texas
  • United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
    United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
    The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas is the Federal district court with jurisdiction over the eastern part of Texas and is a part of the Fifth Circuit. The court's headquarters are in Tyler, Texas and has five subdivision offices in Beaumont, Lufkin, Marshall,...

  • United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas
    United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas
    The United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas 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...

  • United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas
    United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas
    The United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas is the Federal district court with jurisdiction over the southern part of Texas...

  • United States District Court for the Western District of Texas
    United States District Court for the Western District of Texas
    The United States District Court For the Western District Of Texas is a Federal district court. The court convenes in San Antonio with divisions in Austin, Del Rio, El Paso, Midland, Pecos, and Waco. It has jurisdiction in over 50 Trans-Pecos, Permian Basin and Hill Country counties of the U.S....



Former federal courts of Texas
  • United States District Court for the District of Texas (extinct, subdivided)

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