Texas Ninth District Court of Appeals

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

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Texas Ninth District Court of Appeals
Court information
Judges:	4
Judicial selection
Method:	Partisan election of judges
Term:	6 years
Active judges
Steve McKeithen  •  David Gaultney  •  Charles Kreger  •  Hollis Horton  •

Jurisdiction

The Ninth District Court of Appeals has appellate jurisdiction over appeals arising from district and county courts in 10 counties:

• Hardin
• Jasper
• Jefferson
• Liberty
• Montgomery
• Newton
• Orange
• Polk
• San Jacinto
• Tyler

Current justices

Judge	Term	Division	Appointed by	Party
Chief Judge Steve McKeithen	2002-2014
Judge David Gaultney	2000-2018	Place 3		Republican
Judge Charles Kreger	2004-2016	Place 2
Judge Hollis Horton	2004-2018	Place 4		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 Texas Ninth District Court of Appeals was created by the legislature in 1915.

• Current Justices are Chief Justice Steve McKeithen, Justice David Gaultney, Justice Charles Kreger, and Justice Hollis Horton.

• Chief Justice McKeithen was elected to the position of Chief Justice in 2002.

See also

• Texas Court of Appeals

External links

• Texas Ninth District Court of Appeals

References

2012

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Candidate	Incumbency	Party	Place	Primary Vote	Election Vote
GaultneyDavid Gaultney   A	Yes	Republican	Place 3	100%A	100%   A
HortonHollis Horton   A	Yes	Republican	Place 4	100%A	100%   A

2010

Appellate Court, Place	Candidates	Details	Results
Ninth District, Place 2	(R): Charles Kreger (D): Ron Mangus	Charles Kreger was up for re-election.	Charles Kreger won with 73.8% of the vote.