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Supreme Court of Texas / Joined 1995 / Served to 2005

Priscilla Richman Owen

Justice, Supreme Court of Texas

Priscilla Richman Owen was a Justice of the Supreme Court of Texas, who joined the court in 1995. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1954 · age 72
Tenure: 1995–2005 · 10 yrs
Education: Baylor 1975

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1995	Supreme Court of Texas	–	–

Education

Baylor University

B.A.

1975

Judicial Record

In our data, Owen authored 53 published opinions for the court (1995–2005), plus 26 dissents and 24 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. 103 of these were attributed to Owen 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.†	96 S.W.3d 256	4,611
1997	Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc. v. Havner†	953 S.W.2d 706	3,583
2003	Golden Eagle Archery, Inc. v. Jackson†	116 S.W.3d 757	1,485
1998	Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. v. Malone· Concurrence†	972 S.W.2d 35	1,315
1999	Fitzgerald v. Advanced Spine Fixation Systems, Inc.· Dissent†	996 S.W.2d 864	1,058
1997	Heritage Resources, Inc. v. NationsBank· Concurrence†	939 S.W.2d 118	892
1996	S.V. v. R.V.· Dissent†	933 S.W.2d 1	816
1998	Associated Indemnity Corp. v. CAT Contracting, Inc.· Concurrence†	964 S.W.2d 276	768
1995	Laidlaw Waste Systems (Dallas), Inc. v. City of Wilmer†	904 S.W.2d 656	752
2001	Bally Total Fitness Corp. v. Jackson· Dissent†	53 S.W.3d 352	746
2000	National Liability & Fire Insurance Co. v. Allen· Dissent†	15 S.W.3d 525	670
2004	George Alexander D/B/A Zentner's Daughter Steakhouse v. Lynda's Boutique†	134 S.W.3d 845	647
2000	City of Garland v. Dallas Morning News· Dissent†	22 S.W.3d 351	638
1996	Computer Associates International, Inc. v. Altai, Inc.· Concurrence†	918 S.W.2d 453	637
1997	Goode v. Shoukfeh†	943 S.W.2d 441	612

Showing the 15 most-cited of 103 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 Priscilla Richman Owen on?: Priscilla Richman Owen was a Justice of the Supreme Court of Texas.

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10 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).