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- ↑ 5th Court of Appeals Chief Justice Linda Thomas set to move on after 30 years as a judge
- ↑ Hon. Linda B. Thomas (Ret.)
- ↑ CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERT D. BURNS, III (bio as of November 9, 2019)
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- 1 2 3 "Judge Profile: Chief Justice Chief Justice Carolyn I. Wright". Martindale-Hubbell .
- ↑ CHIEF JUSTICE CAROLYN WRIGHT (bio as of July 10, 2017)
- ↑ Putting his children on the 'Wright' path The Paducah Sun, accessed March 8, 2016
- ↑ Chief Justice Carolyn Wright: Forging Relationships Houston Bar Association, accessed March 8, 2016
- ↑ Heath resident appointed Dallas Appeals Court chief justice by Gov. Perry The Rockwall News, November 5, 2009
- ↑ About Town, The Dallas Morning News, January 7, 2010
- ↑ Gov. Perry inducts 9 into Texas Women’s Hall of Fame Archived 2016-03-09 at the Wayback Machine Texas Military Department News, May 6, 2014
- ↑ Obituary for Adell Wright Obituary: Adell Wright