Mission Statement

The Texas Supreme Court Historical Society

is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization dedicated to

the collection and preservation of papers, photographs, and significant artifacts relating to the Supreme Court of Texas,

the appellate courts, and Texas judicial history.

WELCOME to our website! We hope you will find information of both historical and current interest in our pages. Please return often—and consider becoming a member of our organization.

SUPREME COURT INVESTITURE HELD NOV. 11

The formal investiture ceremony for Chief Justice Nathan L. Hecht

and Justice Jeff Brown took place on November 11 in the

Texas House Chamber in the State Capitol.

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia

administered the oaths of office.

For photos of the event, see the Society's Facebook page at

https://www.facebook.com/SCOTXHistoricalSociety

BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT

The Texas Supreme Court:

A Narrative History, 1836-1986

The Texas Supreme Court Historical Society is pleased to announce the

publication of the first book-length history of the Texas Supreme Court

in almost 100 years. Written by

award-winning author/historian James L. Haley, the book is part of the Society-sponored Texas Legal Studies Series published by the University of Texas Press.

The Society presented a ceremonial

first copy of the book to the Texas

Supreme Court during a special

session of the Court held in the

historic Supreme Court Courtroom in the State Capitol.

See story inside.

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Summer 2013 Issue of the TSCHS Journal Now Available

Volume 2, no. 4 of the Society’s e-journal

was distributed to members in June

and is now available for download in pdf format.

Features include the story of early Court Reporter George W, Paschal, by Dylan O. Drummond; an article on preserving fragile court records, by Laura K. Saegert; and an interview with Texas Supreme Court Justice John Devine, by Will Feldman.

The Fall 2013 issue (vol. 3, no. 1) of

the journal was distributed to Society members in October and will be publicly available online in December.

Download the Summer 2013 issue now:

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Spring 2013 Issue

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Winter 2012 Issue

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Fall 2012 Issue

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Summer 2012 Issue:

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