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Texas Courts of Appeals
The fourteen Courts
of Appeals have intermediate appellate jurisdiction in both civil and criminal
cases appealed from district or county courts. Each Court of Appeals has jurisdiction
in a specific geographical region of the State. Each Court is presided over
by a chief justice and has at least two other justices. The specific number
of justices on each Court is set by statute and ranges from three to thirteen.
Presently there are eighty justices authorized for these Courts. Appeals in
the Courts of Appeals are usually heard by a panel of three justices, unless
in a particular case an en banc hearing is ordered, in which instance all the
justices of that Court hear and consider the case.
First Court of Appeals is located in Houston, TX and consists of nine
Justices hearing cases from thirteen counties. These counties consist of Austin,
Brazoria, Burleson, Chambers, Colorado, Fort Bend, Galveston, Grimes, Harris,
Trinity, Walker, Waller, and Washington.
Second Court of Appeals is located in Fort
Worth, TX and consists of seven Justices hearing
cases from twelve counties. These counties consist
of Archer, Clay, Cooke, Denton, Hood, Jack, Montague,
Parker, Tarrant, Wichita, Wise, and Young.
Third Court of Appeals is located in Austin,
TX and consists of six Justices hearing cases from
twenty-four counties. These counties consist of Bastrop,
Bell, Blanco, Burnet, Caldwell, Coke, Comal, Concho,
Fayette, Hays, Irion, Lampasas, Lee, Llano, McCulloch,
Miliam, Mills, Runnels, San Saba, Schleicher, Sterling,
Tom Green, Travis, and Williamson.
Fourth Court of Appeals is located in San
Antonio, TX and consists of seven Justices hearing
cases from thirty-two counties. These counties consist
of Atascosa, Bandera, Bexar, Brooks, Dimmit, Duval,
Edwards, Frio, Gillespie, Guadalupe, Jim Hogg, Jim
Wells, Karnes, Kendall, Kerr, Kimble, Kinney, La
Salle, Mason, Maverick, McMullen, Medina, Menard,
Real, Starr, Sutton, Uvalde, Val Verde, Webb, Wilson,
Zapata, and Zavala.
Fifth Court of Appeals is located in Dallas,
TX and consists of thirteen Justices hearing cases
from seven counties. These counties consist of Dallas,
Collin, Grayson, Hunt, Rockwall, Van Zandt, and Kaufman.
Sixth Court of Appeals is located in Texarkana,
TX and consists of three Justices hearing cases from
nineteen counties. These counties consist of Bowie,
Camp, Cass, Delta, Fannin, Franklin, Gregg, Harrison,
Hopkins, Hunt, Lamar, Marion, Morris, Panola, Red
River, Rusk, Titus, Upshur, and Wood.
Seventh Court of Appeals is located in Amarillo,
TX and consists of one Chief Justice and three Justices
hearing cases from fourty-six counties. These counties
consist of Armstrong, Bailey, Briscoe, Carson, Castro,
Childress, Cochran, Collingsworth, Cottle, Crosby,
Dallam, Deaf Smith, Dickens, Donley, Floyd, Foard,
Garza, Gray, Hale, Hall, Hansford, Hardeman, Hartley,
Hemphill, Hockley, Hutchinson, Kent, King, Lamb,
Limpsomb, Lubbock, Lynn, Moore, Motley, Ochiltree,
Oldham, Parmer, Potter, Randall, Roberts, Sherman,
Swisher, Terry, Wheeler, Wilbarger, and Yoakum.
Eighth Court of Appeals is located in El Paso,
TX and consists of four Justices hearing cases from
twenty-two counties. These counties consist of Andrews,
Brewster, Crane, Crockett, Culberson, El Paso, Hudspeth,
Jeff Davis, Loving, Pecos, Presidio, Reagan, Reeves,
Terrell, Upton, Ward, and Winkler.
Ninth Court of Appeals is located in Beaumont,
TX and consists of a Chief Justice and two Justices
hearing cases from eleven counties. These counties
consist of Angelina, Hardin, Jasper, Jefferson, Liberty,
Montgomery, Newton, Orange, Polk, San Jacinto, and
Tyler.
Tenth Court of Appeals is located in Waco,
TX and consists of a Chief Justice and two Justices
hearing cases from sixteen counties. These counties
consist of Bosque, Brazos, Coryell, Ellis, Falls,
Freestone, Hamilton, Hill, Johnson, Leon, Limestone,
Madison, McLennan, Navarro, Robertson, and Somervell.
Eleveth Court of Appeals is located in Eastland,
TX and consists of three Justices hearing cases from
twenty-eight counties. These counties consist of
Baylor, Borden, Brown, Callahan, Coleman, Comanche,
Dawson, Eastland, Ector, Erath, Fisher, Gaines, Glasscock,
Haskell, Howard, Jones, Knox, martin, Midland, Mitchell,
Nolan, Palo Pinto, Scurry, Shackelford, Stephens,
Stonewall, Taylor, and Throckmorton.
Twelfth Court of Appeals is located in Eastland,
TX and consists of three Justices hearing cases from
eighteen counties. These counties consist of Anderson,
Cherokee, Gregg, Henderson, Hopkins, Houston, Kaufman,
Nacogdoches, Panola, Rains, Rusk, Sabine, San Augustine,
Shelby, Smith, Upshur, Van Zandt, and Wood.
Thirteenth Court of Appeals is located in
Corpus Christi, TX and consists of six Justices hearing
cases from twenty counties. These counties consist
of Aransas, Bee, Calhoun, Cameron, De Witt, Goliad,
Gonzales, Hidalgo, Jackson, Kenedy, Kleberg, Lavaca,
Live Oak, Matagorda, Nueces, Refugio, San Patricio,
Victoria, Wharton, and Willacy.
Fourteenth Court of Appeals is located in
Houston, TX and consists of nine Justices hearing
cases from thirteen counties. These counties consist
of Austin, Brazoria, Burleson, Chambers, Colorado,
Fort Bend, Galveston, Grimes, Harris, Trinity, Walker,
Waller, and Washington.
This information comes from Texas
Judiciary Online.
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