Texas Legal Overview: Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington

The Dallas–Fort Worth–Arlington metropolitan area in Texas is defined by the Census Bureau as covering 12 counties. The Dallas–Fort Worth–Arlington, TX MSA is divided into the Dallas–Plano–Irving and Fort Worth–Arlington metropolitan divisions. Put together, they are a part of the larger Dallas-Fort Worth, TX CSA or combined statistical area which covers 19 counties. This CSA also includes the Sherman-Denison, TX MSA (Grayson County), and five other micropolitan areas. Listed below are the most populous cities in the Dallas–Fort Worth–Arlington metro area.

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1. The 39 district courts in Dallas County are the main trial courts with general jurisdiction. All 39 districts have jurisdiction over cases filed anywhere in the county. Dallas County also has county criminal courts, and county courts at law with limited jurisdiction over misdemeanors and civil cases in between $200 and $100,000. The county court system in Dallas County additionally includes two county criminal courts of appeal. These appellate courts, along with the county courts at law, can hear appeals against verdicts handed down by the justice and municipal courts.

2. American Airlines has settled a business law dispute with Sabre Holdings, Inc. just as the trial by jury got started in a Texas state court. Sabre provides a booking system used by travel agents, and was accused in the lawsuit of hiking fees and burying AA listings when travel agents did a search. 

3. A federal court jury awarded Bruton Stephens more than $200,000 in a civil lawsuit filed against the city of Dallas. Stephens was an electrician who charged that the city had fired him in retaliation for being a whistleblower.

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Trending Legal Topics: Justice courts handle misdemeanors and civil cases not exceeding $10,000. The municipal courts can handle only misdemeanors and local ordinance violations. Appeals against district and county court verdicts in Dallas County must be filed with the Court of Appeals for the Fifth District of Texas, which is located in the city of Dallas. Appeals against this intermediate appellate court’s rulings go to either the Texas Supreme Court or the Court of Criminal Appeals, both of which are the courts of last resort for civil and criminal cases respectively.

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