District Court of Harris County, Texas

E1004367

Texas state court court of general jurisdiction state trial court

The District Court of Harris County, Texas is a major state trial court based in Houston that handles significant civil and criminal cases, including high-profile commercial disputes.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Harris County civil district courts	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Texas state court ⓘ court of general jurisdiction ⓘ state trial court ⓘ
appealsTo	Court of Appeals of Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ Texas intermediate appellate courts ⓘ
buildingLocation	Houston, Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
courtLevel	trial court ⓘ
employs	court clerks ⓘ court reporters ⓘ district judges ⓘ
follows	Texas Rules of Civil Procedure NERFINISHED ⓘ Texas Rules of Criminal Procedure NERFINISHED ⓘ Texas law ⓘ
geographicJurisdiction	Harris County NERFINISHED ⓘ
governedBy	Texas Constitution NERFINISHED ⓘ Texas Government Code NERFINISHED ⓘ
governingBody	Texas Legislature NERFINISHED ⓘ
handlesCaseType	civil cases ⓘ commercial disputes ⓘ criminal cases ⓘ high-profile commercial disputes ⓘ
hasFunction	adjudication of disputes ⓘ enforcement of state law in Harris County ⓘ interpretation of Texas law ⓘ
hasLanguage	English ⓘ
hasType	general jurisdiction court ⓘ
hears	high-value civil claims ⓘ serious criminal offenses ⓘ
jurisdiction	Harris County, Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ
legalSystem	common law ⓘ
locatedIn	Harris County, Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ
overseenBy	Texas Court of Criminal Appeals NERFINISHED ⓘ Texas Supreme Court NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Judicial Branch of Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ Texas judicial system ⓘ
seat	Houston, Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ
servesPopulation	residents of Harris County, Texas ⓘ
state	Texas ⓘ
subjectMatterJurisdiction	business and commercial litigation ⓘ contract disputes ⓘ felony criminal cases ⓘ major civil cases ⓘ personal injury cases ⓘ property disputes ⓘ
uses	bench trials ⓘ jury trials ⓘ

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Pennzoil v. Texaco lawsuit → courtOfFirstInstance → District Court of Harris County, Texas ⓘ

Harris County Civil Courthouse → houses → District Court of Harris County, Texas ⓘ

this entity surface form: Harris County civil district courts