Texas Government Code - Section 22.001. Jurisdiction
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§ 22.001. JURISDICTION. (a) The supreme court has
appellate jurisdiction, except in criminal law matters,
coextensive with the limits of the state and extending to all
questions of law arising in the following cases when they have been
brought to the courts of appeals from appealable judgment of the
trial courts:
(1) a case in which the justices of a court of appeals
disagree on a question of law material to the decision;
(2) a case in which one of the courts of appeals holds
differently from a prior decision of another court of appeals or of
the supreme court on a question of law material to a decision of the
case;
(3) a case involving the construction or validity of a
statute necessary to a determination of the case;
(4) a case involving state revenue;
(5) a case in which the railroad commission is a party;
and
(6) any other case in which it appears that an error of
law has been committed by the court of appeals, and that error is of
such importance to the jurisprudence of the state that, in the
opinion of the supreme court, it requires correction, but excluding
those cases in which the jurisdiction of the court of appeals is
made final by statute.
(b) A case over which the court has jurisdiction under
Subsection (a) may be carried to the supreme court either by writ of
error or by certificate from the court of appeals, but the court of
appeals may certify a question of law arising in any of those cases
at any time it chooses, either before or after the decision of the
case in that court.
(c) An appeal may be taken directly to the supreme court
from an order of a trial court granting or denying an interlocutory
or permanent injunction on the ground of the constitutionality of a
statute of this state. It is the duty of the supreme court to
prescribe the necessary rules of procedure to be followed in
perfecting the appeal.
(d) The supreme court has the power, on affidavit or
otherwise, as the court may determine, to ascertain the matters of
fact that are necessary to the proper exercise of its jurisdiction.
(e) For purposes of Subsection (a)(2), one court holds
differently from another when there is inconsistency in their
respective decisions that should be clarified to remove unnecessary
uncertainty in the law and unfairness to litigants.
Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 480, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1985. Amended
by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 1106, § 1, eff. June 20, 1987; Acts
2003, 78th Leg., ch. 204, § 1.04, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
Section: 21.002 21.004 21.005 21.006 21.007 21.008 21.009 22.001 22.002 22.003 22.004 22.005 22.006 22.007 22.008
Last modified: August 10, 2007
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