Texas Courts of Appeals

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intermediate appellate court system state court system

The Texas Courts of Appeals are the state’s intermediate appellate courts that review civil and criminal case decisions from lower trial courts across multiple regional districts in Texas.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Texas Courts of Appeals canonical	6
Texas appellate courts	2
Courts of Appeals of Texas	1
Texas Third Court of Appeals	1
Texas courts of appeals	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1527739 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Texas Courts of Appeals
Context triple: [Government of Texas, hasCourt, Texas Courts of Appeals]

A. Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals is the highest appellate court in Texas for criminal cases, serving as the court of last resort for all criminal matters in the state.
B. Texas Supreme Court
The Texas Supreme Court is the highest state court for civil matters in Texas, responsible for issuing final appellate decisions and overseeing the administration of the state’s judicial system.
C. California Courts of Appeal
The California Courts of Appeal are the state's intermediate appellate courts that review decisions from superior courts and help shape California law through published opinions.
D. Alabama courts
Alabama courts are the state judicial bodies responsible for interpreting and applying Alabama law in civil, criminal, and administrative cases.
E. United States District Court for the Western District of Texas
The United States District Court for the Western District of Texas is a federal trial court with jurisdiction over federal cases arising in the western region of Texas, including major cities such as Austin, San Antonio, El Paso, and Waco.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Texas Courts of Appeals
Target entity description: The Texas Courts of Appeals are the state’s intermediate appellate courts that review civil and criminal case decisions from lower trial courts across multiple regional districts in Texas.

A. Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals is the highest appellate court in Texas for criminal cases, serving as the court of last resort for all criminal matters in the state.
B. Texas Supreme Court
The Texas Supreme Court is the highest state court for civil matters in Texas, responsible for issuing final appellate decisions and overseeing the administration of the state’s judicial system.
C. California Courts of Appeal
The California Courts of Appeal are the state's intermediate appellate courts that review decisions from superior courts and help shape California law through published opinions.
D. Alabama courts
Alabama courts are the state judicial bodies responsible for interpreting and applying Alabama law in civil, criminal, and administrative cases.
E. United States District Court for the Western District of Texas
The United States District Court for the Western District of Texas is a federal trial court with jurisdiction over federal cases arising in the western region of Texas, including major cities such as Austin, San Antonio, El Paso, and Waco.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	intermediate appellate court system ⓘ state court system ⓘ
above	Texas County Courts ⓘ surface form: Texas county courts Texas District Courts ⓘ surface form: Texas district courts
allows	oral argument in many cases ⓘ
below	Texas Supreme Court ⓘ surface form: Supreme Court of Texas Texas Court of Criminal Appeals ⓘ
canIssue	memorandum opinions ⓘ written opinions ⓘ
canReview	certain interlocutory orders ⓘ final judgments of trial courts ⓘ
composedOf	justices elected in partisan elections ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
decides	questions of law ⓘ
governedBy	Texas Constitution ⓘ Texas Government Code ⓘ
hasNumberOfCourts	14 ⓘ
hasOfficialLanguage	English ⓘ
hasSeatIn	Austin ⓘ Corpus Christi ⓘ Dallas ⓘ Eastland ⓘ El Paso ⓘ Fort Worth, Texas ⓘ surface form: Fort Worth Houston ⓘ San Antonio ⓘ Waco, Texas ⓘ surface form: Waco
hasSubjectMatter	civil law ⓘ criminal law ⓘ
headedBy	chief justices of each court of appeals ⓘ
hearsCasesFrom	multiple counties in Texas ⓘ
issues	precedential decisions within their districts ⓘ
jurisdiction	Texas ⓘ surface form: State of Texas
level	intermediate appellate ⓘ
location	Texas ⓘ
may	affirm lower court decisions ⓘ modify lower court decisions ⓘ remand cases to lower courts ⓘ reverse lower court decisions ⓘ
organizedInto	regional districts ⓘ
partOf	Judicial branch of Texas ⓘ surface form: Judicial Branch of Texas Texas courts ⓘ surface form: Texas court system
reviews	appeals from Texas trial courts ⓘ civil case appeals ⓘ criminal case appeals ⓘ
termLengthOfJustices	6 years ⓘ
typeOfAppeal	error-correction review ⓘ
uses	Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Government of Texas → hasCourt → Texas Courts of Appeals ⓘ

Article V → governs → Texas Courts of Appeals ⓘ

subject surface form: Article V of the Texas Constitution

this entity surface form: Courts of Appeals of Texas

South Western Reporter → coversJurisdiction → Texas Courts of Appeals ⓘ

Judicial branch of Texas → hasCourt → Texas Courts of Appeals ⓘ

Judiciary of Texas → hasComponentCourt → Texas Courts of Appeals ⓘ

Texas District Courts → appealsTo → Texas Courts of Appeals ⓘ

Texas Penal Code → interpretedBy → Texas Courts of Appeals ⓘ

this entity surface form: Texas appellate courts

Texas courts → hasIntermediateCourt → Texas Courts of Appeals ⓘ

Article V of the Texas Constitution → defines → Texas Courts of Appeals ⓘ

this entity surface form: Texas courts of appeals

Tom DeLay → appellateCourt → Texas Courts of Appeals ⓘ

this entity surface form: Texas Third Court of Appeals

S.W.3d → coversJurisdiction → Texas Courts of Appeals ⓘ