How do judges of the Court of Appeals of Texas reach the bench?

The court's current selection method is partisan election.

Court of Appeals of Texas / Joined 2010 / Active

Gregory T. Perkes

Justice, Court of Appeals of Texas

Gregory T. Perkes is a Justice of the Court of Appeals of Texas, serving since 2010. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Tenure: Since 2010 · 16 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
2010	Court of Appeals of Texas	–	–

Judicial Record

In our data, Perkes authored 31 published opinions for the court (2011–2016), plus 7 dissents. Most cited: Editorial Caballero, S.A. De C v. v. Playboy Enterprises, Inc. (34 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. 36 of these were attributed to Perkes 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
2012	Editorial Caballero, S.A. De C v. v. Playboy Enterprises, Inc.	359 S.W.3d 318	34
2011	Texas Department of Transportation v. Malcolm G. Dyer†	358 S.W.3d 698	30
2012	David Ohrt, Sandra Hester, and Judy Sinast v. Union Gas Corporation†	398 S.W.3d 315	25
2012	Noe Garza and Noe Garza Engineers, Inc. v. Joe Carmona and Celina Carmona†	390 S.W.3d 391	16
2012	Fernando Javier Eguia v. Michelle Eguia†	367 S.W.3d 455	16
2012	Ex Parte Randall Bolivar†	386 S.W.3d 338	14
2011	In Re CYPRESS TEXAS LLOYDS†	437 S.W.3d 1	14
2016	Kevin Lee Farris v. State†	506 S.W.3d 102	13
2015	State v. Jose Ruiz· Dissent†	509 S.W.3d 451	13
2011	City of Corpus Christi v. J.D. Maldonado, Gabriel Vega, Timothy Wells, Brian White, and Denise White†	398 S.W.3d 266	13
2013	Royston, Rayzor, Vickery & Williams, L.L.P. v. Lopez· Dissent†	443 S.W.3d 196	11
2016	Kingsley Properties, LP v. San Jacinto Title Services of Corpus Christi, LLC· Dissent†	501 S.W.3d 344	10
2013	Brannan Paving GP, LLC v. Pavement Markings, Inc.†	446 S.W.3d 14	10
2012	in the Matter of L.G.G., a Juvenile†	398 S.W.3d 852	10
2013	Cameron County v. Tompkins†	422 S.W.3d 789	9

Showing the 15 most-cited of 38 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

How do judges of the Court of Appeals of Texas reach the bench?: The court's current selection method is partisan election.
Which court is Gregory T. Perkes on?: Gregory T. Perkes is a Justice of the Court of Appeals of Texas.

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16 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).