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Supreme Court of Texas / Joined 1985 / Served to 1988

John L. Hill Jr.

Justice, Supreme Court of Texas

John L. Hill Jr. was a Justice of the Supreme Court of Texas, who joined the court in 1985. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1923–2007
Tenure: 1985–1988 · 2 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1985	Supreme Court of Texas	–	–

Judicial Record

In our data, Hill authored 24 published opinions for the court (1985–1987), plus 9 dissents. Most cited: Nixon v. Mr. Property Management Co. (7,748 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. 10 of these were attributed to Hill 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
1985	Nixon v. Mr. Property Management Co.	690 S.W.2d 546	7,748
1987	Stafford v. Stafford	726 S.W.2d 14	479
1987	Simon v. York Crane & Rigging Co., Inc.	739 S.W.2d 793	412
1985	Stubbs v. Stubbs	685 S.W.2d 643	285
1987	Larson v. Cactus Utility Co.· Dissent†	730 S.W.2d 640	275
1986	Navarette v. Temple Independent School District	706 S.W.2d 308	187
1987	Transworld Financial Services Corp. v. Briscoe	722 S.W.2d 407	172
1987	Wright v. Gifford-Hill & Co., Inc.· Dissent†	725 S.W.2d 712	154
1987	Garcia v. Peeples· Dissent†	734 S.W.2d 343	152
1985	Ex Parte Williams	690 S.W.2d 243	143
1987	Exxon Corp. v. Quinn· Dissent†	726 S.W.2d 17	136
1985	Lyons v. Montgomery	701 S.W.2d 641	114
1987	Texas State Employees Union v. Texas Department of Mental Health & Mental Retardation	746 S.W.2d 203	103
1985	Whitworth v. Bynum· Dissent†	699 S.W.2d 194	102
1985	Texas Public Building Authority v. Mattox	686 S.W.2d 924	102

Showing the 15 most-cited of 33 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 Supreme Court of Texas reach the bench?: The court's current selection method is partisan election.
Which court was John L. Hill Jr. on?: John L. Hill Jr. was a Justice of the Supreme Court of Texas.

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2 years on the Supreme Court of Texas. Data as of 2026-03-31. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).