Supreme Court of Texas / Joined 1972 / Served to 1972

Hawthorne Phillips

Justice, Supreme Court of Texas

Hawthorne Phillips was a Justice of the Supreme Court of Texas, who joined the court in 1972. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived
1914–1975
Tenure
1972–1972

Judicial service

YearCourtAppointed byVote
1972Supreme Court of Texas

Judicial Record

In our data, Phillips authored 2 published opinions for the court (1972). Most cited: Ward v. Nava (99 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

YearCaseCitationCited
1972Ward v. Nava488 S.W.2d 73699
1972Campbell v. Sonford Chemical Company486 S.W.2d 93224

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Hawthorne Phillips was a Justice of the Supreme Court of Texas.

Sources

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Joined the court in 1972. Data as of 2026-03-31. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).