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 1981 / Served to 2002

John Boyd

Chief Justice, Court of Appeals of Texas

John Boyd was a Chief Justice of the Court of Appeals of Texas (56 judges, selected by partisan election), who joined the court in 1981. He previously served on the Texas 64th Judicial District Court. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1927–2021
Tenure: 1981–2002 · 21 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1969	Texas 64th Judicial District Court	–	–
1981	Court of Appeals of Texas	–	–
1996	Court of Appeals of Texas	–	–

Education

Baylor University
Baylor University

Judicial Record

In our data, Boyd authored 268 published opinions for the court (1981–2002), plus 4 dissents and 3 concurrences. Most cited: Su Inn Ho v. University of Texas at Arlington (170 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. 276 of these were attributed to Boyd 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
1998	Su Inn Ho v. University of Texas at Arlington†	984 S.W.2d 672	170
1994	Welch v. McDougal†	876 S.W.2d 218	150
2001	In the Interest of Caballero†	53 S.W.3d 391	131
1997	Armstrong v. State†	958 S.W.2d 278	96
1993	Hedley Feedlot, Inc. v. Weatherly Trust†	855 S.W.2d 826	93
1996	In the Interest of Striegler†	915 S.W.2d 629	91
1994	Matter of Marriage of Moore†	890 S.W.2d 821	88
1994	Williford Energy Co. v. Submergible Cable Services, Inc.†	895 S.W.2d 379	87
1998	Abraham Investment Co. v. Payne Ranch, Inc.†	968 S.W.2d 518	82
1993	Hydrocarbon Management, Inc. v. Tracker Exploration, Inc.†	861 S.W.2d 427	82
1995	Billey v. State†	895 S.W.2d 417	79
1996	Rogers v. Ricane Enterprises, Inc.†	930 S.W.2d 157	77
1983	Duval County Ranch Co. v. Alamo Lumber Co.†	663 S.W.2d 627	73
1997	Hart v. Moore†	952 S.W.2d 90	68
1993	Ferguson v. Naylor†	860 S.W.2d 123	61

Showing the 15 most-cited of 276 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 was John Boyd on?: John Boyd was a Chief Justice of the Court of Appeals of Texas.

Sources

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21 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).