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- - - - El Paso, covering Andrews, Brewster, Crane, Crockett, Culberson, El Paso, Hudspeth, Jeff Davis, Loving, Pecos, Presidio, Reagan, Reeves, Terrell, Upton, Ward, and Winkler counties
        
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    - - Amarillo, covering 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, Lipscomb, Lubbock, Lynn, Moore, Motley, Ochiltree, Oldham, Parmer, Potter, Randall, Roberts, Sherman, Swisher, Terry, Wheeler, Wilbarger, and Yoakum counties
        
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    - - Beaumont, covering Hardin, Jasper, Jefferson, Liberty, Montgomery, Newton, Orange, Polk, San Jacinto, and Tyler counties
        
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    - - Texarkana, covering Bowie, Camp, Cass, Delta, Fannin, Franklin, Gregg, Harrison, Hopkins, Hunt, Lamar, Marion, Morris, Panola, Red River, Rusk, Titus, Upshur, and Wood counties
        
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    - - Waco, covering Bosque, Brazos, Burleson, Coryell, Ellis, Falls, Freestone, Hamilton, Hill, Johnson, Leon, Limestone, Madison, McLennan, Navarro, Robertson, Somervell, and Walker counties
        
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    - - Dallas, covering Collin, Dallas, Grayson, Hunt, Kaufman, and Rockwall counties
        
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    - - Eastland, covering 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 countie
        
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    - - San Antonio, covering 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 counties
        
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    - - Tyler, covering Anderson, Angelina, Cherokee, Gregg, Henderson, Houston, Nacogdoches, Rains, Rusk, Sabine, San Augustine, Shelby, Smith, Trinity, Upshur, Van Zandt, and Wood counties
        
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    - - Austin, covering Bastrop, Bell, Blanco, Burnet, Caldwell, Coke, Comal, Concho, Fayette, Hays, Irion, Lampasas, Lee, Llano, McCulloch, Milam, Mills, Runnels, San Saba, Schleicher, Sterling, Tom Green, Travis, and Williamson counties
        
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    - - Corpus Christi, covering Aransas, Bee, Calhoun, Cameron, De Witt, Goliad, Gonzales, Hidalgo, Jackson, Kenedy, Kleberg, Lavaca, Live Oak, Matagorda, Nueces, Refugio, San Patricio, Victoria, Wharton, and Willacy counties
        
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    - - Fort Worth, covering Archer, Clay, Cooke, Denton, Hood, Jack, Montague, Parker, Tarrant, Wichita, Wise, and Young countie
        
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    - - Houston, covering Austin, Brazoria, Chambers, Colorado, Fort Bend, Galveston, Grimes, Harris, Waller, and Washington counties
        
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    - - Houston (formerly Galveston), covering Austin, Brazoria, Chambers, Colorado, Fort Bend, Galveston, Grimes, Harris, Waller, and Washington counties
        
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    - - group geographical region. Gropup by counties (254 Counties)
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  - - - 467 courts-467 judges
      - County level courts (Limited Jurisdiction)
        
        Statutory Probate Courts
        
        jurisdiction
        
        no jurisdictional monetary limits
        
        probate, guardianship, trust, and mental health
        
        condemnation cases.
        
        254 Counties
        
        Local Trial Courts of Limited Jurisdiction
        
        Municipal Courts
        
        934 Courts , 1294 judges
        
        Justice Courts
        
        806 Courts 806 Judges
        
        Statutory County Courts
      - Jurisdiction
        
        general jurisdiction.
        
        exclusive jurisdiction
        
        cases involving title to land, and election contest cases.
        
        shares jurisdiction with the county courts
        
        some case justice of the peace courts
        
        divorces, child custody and support matters, adoptions and child welfare cases with county courts at law
        
        civil cases
        
        Lowest limit $200
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        1- Supreme Court
        
        highest court in the American judicial system
        
        1% case accepted
        
        9 justices o federal judges
        
        federal law
        
        Not granted
        
        lower court’s opinion stands
      - twelve federal circuits
        
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        5 United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
        
        Texas Louisiana Misisispi
        
        Eastern District of Louisiana
        
        Middle District of Louisiana
        
        Western District of Louisiana
        
        Northern District of Mississippi
        
        Southern District of Mississippi
        
        Eastern District of Texas
        
        Northern District of Texas
        
        Southern District of Texas
        
        Western District of Texas
        
        17 active judges,
        
        Circuit Justice Samuel Alito
        
        Chief Judge Carl E. Stewart
        
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        Process
        
        Hearing by a panel of tree judges
        
        Parties file “briefs” to the court
        
        oral argument
        
        “en banc hearing
        
        affirmed” or “reversed.
      - specific subjects
        
        United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims
        
        United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces
    - - bankruptcy court
      - United States Tax Court
      - (United States Court of Federal Claims
      - United States Court of International Trade