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Supreme Court of Texas / Joined 1993 / Served to 1998

Rose Spector

Justice, Supreme Court of Texas

Rose Spector was a Justice of the Supreme Court of Texas, who joined the court in 1993. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born
1933 · age 93
Tenure
1993–1998 · 5 yrs

Judicial service

YearCourtAppointed byVote
1993Supreme Court of Texas––

Education

Columbia University in the City of New York

Judicial Record

In our data, Spector authored 45 published opinions for the court (1993–1998), plus 28 dissents and 18 concurrences. Most cited: Texas Ass'n of Business v. Texas Air Control Board (5,047 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. 82 of these were attributed to Spector 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

YearCaseCitationCited
1993Texas Ass'n of Business v. Texas Air Control Board· Concurrence†852 S.W.2d 4405,047
1997Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc. v. Havner· Concurrence†953 S.W.2d 7063,583
1998Verburgt v. Dorner†959 S.W.2d 6152,685
1995Randall's Food Markets, Inc. v. Johnson†891 S.W.2d 6401,496
1995Burroughs Wellcome Co. v. Crye†907 S.W.2d 4971,065
1995Texas Workers' Compensation Commission v. Garcia· Concurrence†893 S.W.2d 504840
1996CSR LTD. v. Link†925 S.W.2d 591815
1993Twyman v. Twyman· Dissent†855 S.W.2d 619701
1996Ltd. v. Williamson County Appraisal District†925 S.W.2d 659667
1998City of Tyler v. Likes· Dissent†962 S.W.2d 489531
1998Kelley-Coppedge, Inc. v. Highlands Insurance Co.†980 S.W.2d 462470
1996Saenz v. Fidelity & Guaranty Insurance Underwriters· Dissent†925 S.W.2d 607466
1998Liberty Mutual Insurance Co. v. Garrison Contractors, Inc.†966 S.W.2d 482450
1995Union Pump Co. v. Allbritton· Dissent†898 S.W.2d 773419
1998Timberwalk Apartments, Partners, Inc. v. Cain· Concurrence†972 S.W.2d 749417

Showing the 15 most-cited of 91 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 Rose Spector on?
Rose Spector was a Justice of the Supreme Court of Texas.

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5 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).