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Supreme Court of Texas / Joined 1978 / Served to 1988

Robert M. Campbell

Justice, Supreme Court of Texas

Robert M. Campbell was a Justice of the Supreme Court of Texas, who joined the court in 1978. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1935 · age 91
Tenure: 1978–1988 · 10 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1978	Supreme Court of Texas	–	–

Education

Texas Wesleyan University
Baylor University

Judicial Record

In our data, Campbell authored 84 published opinions for the court (1978–1987), plus 5 dissents and 9 concurrences. Most cited: In the Interest of G. M. (1,156 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. 20 of these were attributed to Campbell 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
1980	In the Interest of G. M.	596 S.W.2d 846	1,156
1985	Cavnar v. Quality Control Parking, Inc.· Concurrence†	696 S.W.2d 549	620
1985	Redinger v. Living, Inc.	689 S.W.2d 415	503
1981	Alamo National Bank v. Kraus	616 S.W.2d 908	491
1980	Brown v. American Transfer & Storage Co.	601 S.W.2d 931	443
1981	Jones v. Kelley· Dissent†	614 S.W.2d 95	367
1979	Stoner v. Massey	586 S.W.2d 843	351
1980	Riverside National Bank v. Lewis· Dissent†	603 S.W.2d 169	315
1987	Melody Home Manufacturing Co. v. Barnes· Concurrence†	741 S.W.2d 349	299
1980	Boatland of Houston, Inc. v. Bailey· Dissent†	609 S.W.2d 743	287
1980	Hardin v. Hardin· Concurrence†	597 S.W.2d 347	282
1987	Hurlbut v. Gulf Atlantic Life Insurance Co.	749 S.W.2d 762	279
1983	Salcedo v. El Paso Hospital District	659 S.W.2d 30	264
1980	Duhart v. State· Dissent†	610 S.W.2d 740	257
1984	Lucas v. Texas Industries, Inc.	696 S.W.2d 372	251

Showing the 15 most-cited of 98 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 Robert M. Campbell on?: Robert M. Campbell was a Justice of the Supreme Court of Texas.

Sources

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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).