Texas Eighth District Court of Appeals

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The Texas Eighth Court of Appeals is one of 14 intermediate appellate courts in Texas. The court has three justices who hear cases from 17 counties.

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Texas Eighth District Court of Appeals
Court information
Judges:	3
Judicial selection
Method:	Partisan election of judges
Term:	6 years
Active judges
Ann McClure  •  Guadalupe Rivera  •  Yvonne Rodriguez  •

Jurisdiction

The Eighth District Court of Appeals has appellate jurisdiction over appeals arising from district and county courts in 17 counties:

• Andrews
• Brewster
• Crane
• Crockett
• Culberson
• El Paso
• Hudspeth
• Jeff Davis
• Loving
• Pecos
• Presidio
• Reagan
• Reeves
• Terrell
• Upton
• Ward
• Winkler

Current justices

Judge	Term	Division	Appointed by	Party
Chief Judge Ann McClure	1995-2018	Chief Judge		Democratic
Judge Guadalupe Rivera	2008-2018	Place 3		Democratic
Judge Yvonne Rodriguez	2012-2018	Place 2		Democratic

Judge salaries

Salaries of elected state judges in Texas are set by the state legislature. Current salary levels were established by the legislature in 2005. The current base salary for an appeals court judge is $137,500. That figure is set as 110% of the district court judge salary, which is $125,000. 110% of $125,000 comes to $137,500.

Chief justices make an additional $2,500. Further, appeals court justices have the potential to earn up to an additional $7,500 annually that can be paid by the counties in which they preside for extra judicial services performed.

History

Below are some key highlights in the court's history:

• Texas appeals courts were established by amendment to the Texas Constitution in 1891.

• The Texas Legislature authorized courts of civil appeals to issue writs of mandamus and all other writs necessary to enforce their jurisdiction in 1892.

• The Eighth Court of Appeals was created by the legislature in 1911.

• The Court is composed of a Chief Justice Ann Crawford McClure and two Justices: Guadalupe Rivera and Chris Antcliff.

• Chief Justice McClure originally assumed office as a Justice on the Texas Eighth District Court of Appeals on January 1, 1995.

See also

• Texas Court of Appeals

External links

• Texas Eighth District Court of Appeals

References

2012

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Candidate	Incumbency	Party	Place	Primary Vote	Election Vote
McClureAnn McClure   A	Yes	Democratic	Chief Judge	57.2%A	100%   A
AntcliffChristopher Antcliff	Yes	Republican	Place 2	100%A	37.7%   D
RiveraGuadalupe Rivera   A	Yes	Democratic	Place 3	100%A	100%   A
LizarragaMarcos Lizarraga	No	Democratic	Place 2	43.1%
RodriguezYvonne Rodriguez   A	No	Democratic	Place 2	56.9%A	62.3%   A