Blacklock is replacing retired Chief Justice Nathan Hecht, while Abbott's legal adviser James Sullivan takes the open spot on ...

Gov. Greg Abbott has appointed his former general counsel and current Texas Supreme Court Justice, Jimmy Blacklock as the ...

Blacklock replaces Nathan Hecht, the longest serving justice on the high court. Gov. Greg Abbott also appointed his general ...

AUSTIN — Gov. Greg Abbott appointed Texas Supreme Court Justice Jimmy Blacklock to be the court’s chief justice and named ...

Chief Justice Nathan Hecht of the Texas Supreme Court retires after admirably serving on the high court for more than three ...

Hecht is the longest-tenured Supreme Court justice in Texas history. He won six reelections and led the court as chief ...

Chief Justice Nathan Hecht released three written opinions on his last day in office, retiring Tuesday as the longest serving ...

Hecht modernized the court, increased access to justice for the poor and saw his conservative views come to dominate the ...

Chief Justice Nathan Hecht, the 27th chief justice of the Supreme Court of Texas, will retire from the court on Dec. 31, the court announced. He is the longest-serving member of the court in Texas ...

When Nathan Hecht ran for the Texas Supreme Court in 1988, no Republican had ever been elected to the state’s highest civil court. His election foreshadowed a transformation of the court ...