Texas. Court of Appeals (4th)

Texas Courts of Civil Appeals were first established in 1891 by constitutional amendment (Article V, Section 6) to reduce the backlog of cases on the Texas Supreme Court docket. Courts of Civil Appeals are intermediate appellate courts between the trial courts and the Supreme Court. Their jurisdiction extends to those civil cases over which county or district courts have jurisdiction, when the amount in controversy exceeds $100.

Initially, in 1891, there were three courts of civil appeals, but the Fourth Supreme Judicial District was established in 1893 by the 23rd Texas Legislature (House Bills 361 and 362). Over the next century the judicial system has expanded to fourteen supreme judicial districts. Boundaries of geographic jurisdiction have been specified by statute and delineate the fourteen districts. Justices are elected by the voters of their districts for a term of six years.

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