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

Jeff L. Rose

Justice, Court of Appeals of Texas

Jeff L. Rose 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	–	–

Education

Vanderbilt University

Judicial Record

In our data, Rose authored 39 published opinions for the court (2011–2018), plus 2 concurrences. Most cited: Owens v. State (89 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. 41 of these were attributed to Rose 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
2017	Owens v. State†	549 S.W.3d 735	89
2017	Long Canyon Phase II & III Homeowners Ass'n v. Cashion†	517 S.W.3d 212	71
2013	Dennis Davis v. State†	413 S.W.3d 816	36
2012	Fung v. Fischer†	365 S.W.3d 507	35
2011	State v. Webre†	347 S.W.3d 381	29
2016	Texas Education Agency and Mike Morath, Commissioner of Education, in His Official Capacity v. American Youthworks, Inc., D/B/A American Youthworks Charter School Honors Academy, Inc., D/B/A Honors Academy And Azleway Inc., D/B/A Azleway Charter School†	496 S.W.3d 244	28
2014	City of El Paso, Texas v. Greg Abbott, Attorney General of Texas and Stephanie Townsend Allala†	444 S.W.3d 315	27
2014	in Re Texas Education Agency and Michael L. Williams, Commissioner Of Education for the State of Texas†	441 S.W.3d 747	25
2013	Sarah Mangham v. YMCA of Austin, Texas-Hays Communities†	408 S.W.3d 923	22
2012	Tjfa, L.P. v. Texas Commission on Environmental Quality and BFI Waste Systems of North America, Inc.· Concurrence†	368 S.W.3d 727	22
2012	Texas Department of Public Safety v. Anonymous Adult Texas Resident· Concurrence†	382 S.W.3d 531	20
2013	JNS Enterprise, Inc. v. Dixie Demolition, LLC†	430 S.W.3d 444	18
2011	Hotze v. City of Houston†	339 S.W.3d 809	18
2013	Greg Abbott, in His Official Capacity as Attorney General of the State of Texas v. Dallas Area Rapid Transit†	410 S.W.3d 876	17
2014	Texas Association of Psychological Associates v. Texas State Board of Examiners of Psychologists and Texas Psychological Association†	439 S.W.3d 597	16

Showing the 15 most-cited of 41 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 Jeff L. Rose on?: Jeff L. Rose is a Justice of the Court of Appeals of Texas.

Sources

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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).