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 2009 / Active

Robert M. Fillmore

Justice, Court of Appeals of Texas

Robert M. Fillmore is a Justice of the Court of Appeals of Texas, serving since 2009. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Tenure: Since 2009 · 17 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
2009	Court of Appeals of Texas	–	–

Judicial Record

In our data, Fillmore authored 152 published opinions for the court (2009–2016), plus 2 concurrences. Most cited: Brashear v. Victoria Gardens of McKinney, L.L.C. (160 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. 100 of these were attributed to Fillmore 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
2009	Brashear v. Victoria Gardens of McKinney, L.L.C.†	302 S.W.3d 542	160
2012	Washington v. Bank of New York	362 S.W.3d 853	114
2013	In the Matter of the MARRIAGE OF C.A.S. AND D.P.S.†	405 S.W.3d 373	104
2014	in the Interest Of: D.W.†	445 S.W.3d 913	75
2011	El Tacaso, Inc. v. Jireh Star, Inc.†	356 S.W.3d 740	67
2010	Saxa Inc. v. Dfd Architecture Inc.†	312 S.W.3d 224	61
2013	Better Business Bureau of Metropolitan Dallas, Inc. v. BH DFW, Inc.†	402 S.W.3d 299	56
2013	Goldman, Mark & Caroline v. Olmstead, Jeffrey & Summer, Sandra Hewett, NRT Texas, LLC†	414 S.W.3d 346	55
2012	Wells Fargo Bank Northwest, N.A. v. RPK Capital XVI, L.L.C.	360 S.W.3d 691	49
2012	Sunshine Jespersen v. Sweetwater Ranch Apartments and CNC Investments, LTD, LLP†	390 S.W.3d 644	48
2011	Bundren v. Holly Oaks Townhomes Ass'n, Inc.†	347 S.W.3d 421	47
2011	Stone v. Midland Multifamily Equity REIT	334 S.W.3d 371	45
2013	Nguyen, Bich Ngoc v. Allstate Insurance C. and Lincoln Benefit Lite Company†	404 S.W.3d 770	43
2012	Collin County v. Hixon Family Partnership, Ltd.†	365 S.W.3d 860	43
2011	Beyer Properties, L.L.C. v. Jerry Huffman Custom Builder, L.L.C.†	355 S.W.3d 878	43

Showing the 15 most-cited of 154 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 is Robert M. Fillmore on?: Robert M. Fillmore is a Justice of the Court of Appeals of Texas.

Sources

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17 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).