Texas Fifth District Court of Appeals

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Texas Fifth Court of Appeals is one of 14 intermediate appellate courts in Texas.

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Texas Fifth District Court of Appeals
Court information
Judges:	13
Judicial selection
Method:	Partisan election of judges
Term:	6 years
Active judges
Carolyn Wright  •  David Bridges  •  Michael O'Neill  •  Kerry FitzGerald  •  Molly Francis  •  Douglas Lang  •  Elizabeth Lang-Miers  •  James Moseley  •  Mary Murphy  •  Joseph B. Morris  •  Robert Fillmore  •  Lana Myers  •  David Lewis (Texas)  •  David Evans (Court of Appeals)  •

Jurisdiction

The Fifth District Court of Appeals has appellate jurisdiction over appeals arising from district and county courts in 6 counties:

• Dallas
• Collin
• Grayson
• Hunt
• Rockwall
• Kaufman

Current justices

Judge	Term	Division	Appointed by	Party
Chief Justice Carolyn Wright	1995-2018	Chief Justice	Gov. George Bush	Republican
Judge David Bridges	1996-2014			Republican
Judge Michael O'Neill	1998-2016
Judge Kerry FitzGerald	1999-2014		Gov. George Bush
Judge Molly Francis	2001-2018	Place 10	Gov. Rick Perry	Republican
Judge Douglas Lang	2002-2018	Place 11	Gov. Rick Perry	Republican
Judge Elizabeth Lang-Miers	2003-2018	Place 13	Gov. Rick Perry	Republican
Judge James Moseley	1996-2018	Place 5		Republican
Judge Mary Murphy	2009-2014
Judge Joseph B. Morris	1992-2012
Judge Robert Fillmore	2009-2018	Place 12	Gov. Rick Perry	Republican
Judge Lana Myers	2009-2016		Gov. Rick Perry	Republican
Judge David Lewis (Texas)	2012-2018	Place 9		Republican
Judge David Evans (Court of Appeals)	2013-2018	Place 2		Republican

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 Fifth Court of Appeals was created on September 4, 1893 and opened with a Chief Justice and two Associate Justices.

• In 1978, after 85 years, three additional Justices were authorized.

• In 1981, criminal jurisdiction was added and six additional justices.

• An additional justice position was created in 1983; there are currently 12 Justices and one Chief Justice.

See also

• Texas Court of Appeals

External links

• Texas Fifth District Court of Appeals

References

2012

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Candidate	Incumbency	Party	Place	Primary Vote	Election Vote
WhitehillBill Whitehill	No	Republican	Place 2	48.61%
WrightCarolyn Wright   A	Yes	Republican	Chief Justice	100%A	100%   A
WoodDan Wood	No	Democratic	Place 2		47.3%   D
EvansDavid Evans (Court of Appeals)   A	No	Republican	Place 2	51.4%A	52.7%   A
HanschenDavid Hanschen	No	Democratic	Place 9	100%A	47.4%   D
LewisDavid Lewis (Texas)   A	No	Republican	Place 9	53%A	52.6%   A
LangDouglas Lang   A	Yes	Republican	Place 11	100%A	52.3%   A
Lang-MiersElizabeth Lang-Miers   A	Yes	Republican	Place 13	100%A	100%   A
MoseleyJames Moseley   A	Yes	Republican	Place 5	100%A	52.6%   A
PraegerLawrence Praeger	No	Democratic	Place 12	100%A	46.9%   D
RichterMartin Richter	Yes	Republican	Place 9	46.98%
FrancisMolly Francis   A	Yes	Republican	Place 10	100%A	100%   A
PhillipsPenny R. Phillips	No	Democratic	Place 5	100%A	47.4%   D
FillmoreRobert Fillmore   A	Yes	Republican	Place 12	100%A	53.1%   A
HoltTonya J. Holt	No	Democratic	Place 11	100%A	47.7%   D

2010

Appellate Court, Place	Candidates	Details	Results
Fifth District, Place 4	(R): Lana Myers (D): Bonnie Lee Goldstein	Lana Myers was appointed in 2009; ran for election.	Lana Myers won with 58.3% of the vote.
Fifth District, Place 7	(R): Michael O'Neill	Michael O'Neill was up for re-election.	Michael O'Neill
Fifth District, Place 12	(R): Robert Fillmore (D): Lawrence Praeger	Robert Fillmore was up for re-election.	Robert Fillmore won with 58.3% of the vote.