Brian P. Quinn
Brian P. Quinn was a Chief Justice of the Court of Appeals of Texas, who joined the court in 1995. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Tenure
- 1995–2026 · 31 yrs
Judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Court of Appeals of Texas | – | – |
| 1997 | Court of Appeals of Texas | – | – |
| 2003 | Court of Appeals of Texas | – | – |
| 2005 | Court of Appeals of Texas | – | – |
| 2007 | Court of Appeals of Texas | – | – |
| 2009 | Court of Appeals of Texas | – | – |
| 2015 | Court of Appeals of Texas | – | – |
| 2021 | Court of Appeals of Texas | – | – |
Education
| El Paso Community College | ||
| The University of Texas at El Paso | 1978 | |
| Texas Tech University | magna cum laude | 1981 |
Judicial Record
In our data, Quinn authored 1,593 published opinions for the court (1921–2018), plus 16 dissents and 13 concurrences. Most cited: In Re Chavez (805 citations).
Published, precedential opinions from the CourtListener corpus. Counts and rankings are objective and recomputable: how we count. We describe the record, not the judge. 361 of these were attributed to Quinn by a unique court-, date-, and surname-match against our roster (marked ), because CourtListener recorded no author for them. Each links to the official text to verify. How we match.
Selected opinions
| Year | Case | Citation | Cited |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | In Re Chavez | 62 S.W.3d 225 | 805 |
| 2003 | In Re Villarreal | 96 S.W.3d 708 | 393 |
| 1998 | Holt v. F.F. Enterprises | 990 S.W.2d 756 | 391 |
| 2001 | Ex Parte Bates | 65 S.W.3d 133 | 354 |
| 2001 | In the Interest of AWT | 61 S.W.3d 87 | 227 |
| 1998 | Su Inn Ho v. University of Texas at Arlington | 984 S.W.2d 672 | 170 |
| 2003 | In the Interest of P.E.W., II, K.M.W., and D.L.W., Children† | 105 S.W.3d 771 | 162 |
| 2003 | Strauss v. State† | 121 S.W.3d 486 | 160 |
| 1995 | In the Interest of R.D.S. | 902 S.W.2d 714 | 156 |
| 1995 | Miller Paper Co. v. Roberts Paper Co. | 901 S.W.2d 593 | 151 |
| 2003 | Watson v. State | 96 S.W.3d 497 | 148 |
| 2000 | Cross Timbers Oil Co. v. Exxon Corp.† | 22 S.W.3d 24 | 142 |
| 2001 | In the Interest of Caballero | 53 S.W.3d 391 | 131 |
| 1999 | Benitez v. State† | 5 S.W.3d 915 | 129 |
| 1999 | Kimber v. Sideris | 8 S.W.3d 672 | 126 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 1,631 authored opinions in our data. “Cited” is inbound citations across the CourtListener corpus. Case links open the ruling’s full text (CourtListener) or its page here; read the methodology and verify against the primary source.
Questions & answers
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Sources
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- CourtListener / Free Law Project
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
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31 years on the Court of Appeals of Texas. Data as of 2026-03-31. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).