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The court's current selection method is partisan election.

Supreme Court of Texas / Joined 2002 / Served to 2004

Michael H. Schneider Sr.

Justice, Supreme Court of Texas

Michael H. Schneider Sr. was a Justice of the Supreme Court of Texas, who joined the court in 2002. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1943 · age 83
Tenure: 2002–2004 · 2 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
2002	Supreme Court of Texas	–	–

Judicial Record

In our data, Schneider authored 1 published opinion for the court (2002–2004), plus 4 dissents and 2 concurrences. Most cited: In the Interest of J.F.C. (4,611 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. 7 of these were attributed to Schneider 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
2002	In the Interest of J.F.C.· Dissent†	96 S.W.3d 256	4,611
2003	J.M. Davidson, Inc. v. Webster· Dissent†	128 S.W.3d 223	1,500
2004	George Alexander D/B/A Zentner's Daughter Steakhouse v. Lynda's Boutique· Dissent†	134 S.W.3d 845	647
2003	Moritz v. Preiss†	121 S.W.3d 715	293
2002	Miga v. Jensen· Dissent†	96 S.W.3d 207	270
2004	Storage & Processors, Inc. v. Reyes· Concurrence†	134 S.W.3d 190	128
2003	Mission Petroleum Carriers, Inc. v. Solomon· Concurrence†	106 S.W.3d 705	55

Showing the 7 most-cited of 7 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 Michael H. Schneider Sr. on?: Michael H. Schneider Sr. 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).