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Supreme Court of Texas / Joined 1957 / Served to 1977

T C. Chadick

Justice, Supreme Court of Texas

T C. Chadick was a Justice of the Supreme Court of Texas, who joined the court in 1957. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1910–2005
Tenure: 1957–1977 · 20 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1957	Supreme Court of Texas	–	–

Education

Southern Methodist University

Judicial Record

In our data, Chadick authored 7 published opinions for the court (1977–1978). Most cited: Rogers v. Rogers (139 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.

Selected opinions

Year	Case	Citation	Cited
1978	Rogers v. Rogers	561 S.W.2d 172	139
1978	Mathes v. Kelton	569 S.W.2d 876	120
1978	Davies v. Massey	561 S.W.2d 799	117
1978	Davis v. Campbell	572 S.W.2d 660	115
1977	Hammonds v. Holmes	559 S.W.2d 345	69
1977	Briseno v. Martin	561 S.W.2d 794	35
1978	Firestone Tire and Rubber Co. v. Bullock	573 S.W.2d 498	9

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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 T C. Chadick on?: T C. Chadick was a Justice of the Supreme Court of Texas.

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20 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).