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The Supreme Court of the State of Ohio is the highest court in the U.S. state of Ohio,with final authority over interpretations of Ohio law and the Ohio Constitution. The court has seven members,a chief justice and six associate justices,who are elected at large by the voters of Ohio for six-year terms. The court has a total of 1,550 other employees. Since 2004,the court has met in the Thomas J. Moyer Ohio Judicial Center on the east bank of the Scioto River in Downtown Columbus. Prior to 2004,the court met in the James A. Rhodes State Office Tower and earlier in the Judiciary Annex of the Ohio Statehouse.
Steven Wayne Smith is a Republican former Texas Supreme Court associate justice,who was defeated for renomination in 2004 through the active opposition of then-Governor Rick Perry. He was unseated by Paul W. Green. Smith again lost –very narrowly –a bid for nomination to the court in the March 7,2006,GOP primary,when Perry again opposed his candidacy.
The Supreme Court of Texas is the court of last resort for civil matters in the U.S. state of Texas. A different court,the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals,is the court of last resort in criminal matters.
The Wisconsin Supreme Court is the highest appellate court in Wisconsin. The Supreme Court has jurisdiction over original actions,appeals from lower courts,and regulation or administration of the practice of law in Wisconsin.
The Supreme Court of Oklahoma is a court of appeal for non-criminal cases,one of the two highest judicial bodies in the U.S. state of Oklahoma,and leads the judiciary of Oklahoma,the judicial branch of the government of Oklahoma.
Wallace Bernard Jefferson is a former chief justice of the Supreme Court of Texas,who served from 2004 until October 1,2013. In October 2013,he joined the law firm Alexander Dubose &Jefferson LLP as a name partner and now practices appellate law.
Nathan Lincoln Hecht is the chief justice of the Supreme Court of Texas. A Republican from Dallas,Hecht was first elected to the Supreme Court in 1988 and was reelected to six-year terms in 1994,2000 and 2006. He secured his fifth six-year term on November 6,2012. He was appointed chief justice by Governor Rick Perry on September 10,2013,and was sworn into that position by retiring Chief Justice Wallace B. Jefferson on October 1,2013.
Robert Alton "Bob" Gammage was a Texas politician,having served as a Democrat in the Texas House of Representatives,the Texas State Senate,and the United States House of Representatives.
The Supreme Court of Alabama is the highest court in the state of Alabama. The court consists of a chief justice and eight associate justices. Each justice is elected in partisan elections for staggered six-year terms. The Supreme Court is housed in the Heflin-Torbert Judicial Building in downtown Montgomery,Alabama.
Donny Ray Willett is a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. He was previously appointed by Texas Governor Rick Perry to serve as a justice of the Supreme Court of Texas on August 24,2005,when former Justice Priscilla Owen created a vacancy on that court by joining the Fifth Circuit.
The New Mexico Supreme Court is the highest court in the U.S. state of New Mexico. It is established and its powers defined by Article VI of the New Mexico Constitution. It is primarily an appellate court which reviews civil and criminal decisions of New Mexico's trial courts of general jurisdiction and certain specialized legislative courts,only having original jurisdiction in a limited number of actions. It currently resides in the New Mexico Supreme Court Building in Santa Fe.
John Luke Hill Jr. was an American lawyer,Democratic politician,and judge. He is the only person to have served as Secretary of State of Texas,Texas Attorney General,and Chief Justice of the Texas Supreme Court.
Jennifer Walker Elrod is a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
The Government of West Virginia is modeled after the Government of the United States,with three branches:the executive,consisting of the Governor of West Virginia and the other elected constitutional officers;the legislative,consisting of the West Virginia Legislature which includes the Senate and the House of Delegates;and the judicial,consisting of the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals and lower courts.
Sidney Allen Fitzwater is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas in Dallas,Texas.
Leonard E. Davis is an American lawyer and former judge. He served as Chief Justice of the Twelfth Court of Appeals of Texas,from 2000-2002,and was nominated by George W. Bush on January 23,2002 to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas until his retirement May 15th,2015.
Andrew Jackson Pope Jr.,known as Jack Pope,was an American judge,attorney,author and legal scholar who served as chief justice of the Supreme Court of Texas.
Jeffrey Vincent Brown is a United States District Judge for the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas and a former associate justice of the Texas Supreme Court. He was appointed to the U.S. District Court by President Donald Trump.
Carolyn Wright-Sanders is an American lawyer,jurist and a former Chief Justice of the Fifth Court of Appeals of Texas,serving in that position from November 17,2009 to December 31,2018.
Jane Nenninger Bland is an American lawyer from Texas who serves as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of Texas.