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

Harvey G. Brown

Justice, Court of Appeals of Texas

Harvey G. Brown is a Justice of the Court of Appeals of Texas, serving since 2010. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Tenure: Since 2010 · 15 yrs

Judicial service

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

Judicial Record

In our data, Brown authored 54 published opinions for the court (2009–2012). Most cited: Intercontinental Terminals Co. v. Vopak North America, Inc. (80 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.

Selected opinions

Year	Case	Citation	Cited
2011	Intercontinental Terminals Co. v. Vopak North America, Inc.	354 S.W.3d 887	80
2012	Bradley v. State	359 S.W.3d 912	70
2010	Valenzuela v. State & County Mutual Fire Insurance Co.	317 S.W.3d 550	63
2011	Small v. McMaster	352 S.W.3d 280	58
2011	Texas La Fiesta Auto Sales, LLC v. Belk	349 S.W.3d 872	50
2010	ORSAG v. State	312 S.W.3d 105	49
2010	Gannon v. Wyche	321 S.W.3d 881	44
2010	Faucette v. Chantos	322 S.W.3d 901	43
2010	Zurita v. Lombana	322 S.W.3d 463	42
2010	Van Heerden v. Van Heerden	321 S.W.3d 869	37
2010	Circle X Land & Cattle Co. v. Mumford Independent School District	325 S.W.3d 859	36
2011	Williams v. Dardenne	345 S.W.3d 118	34
2010	Nickerson v. State	312 S.W.3d 250	34
2010	Moore v. Altra Energy Technologies, Inc.	321 S.W.3d 727	32
2009	Information Services Group, Inc. v. Rawlinson	302 S.W.3d 392	32

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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 Harvey G. Brown on?: Harvey G. Brown is a Justice of the Court of Appeals of Texas.

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15 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).