S.D. Tex.

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S.D. Tex. is the standard legal abbreviation for the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas, a federal trial court within the Fifth Circuit.

All labels observed (2)

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S.D. Tex. canonical 4
S.D. Tex. (Houston Division) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States district court
federal trial court
abbreviationFor United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas
appealsTo United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
appellateCourt United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
circuit United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
country United States of America
courtType federal court
trial court
enforces United States federal law
fullName United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas
governingLaw Article III of the United States Constitution
Title 28 of the United States Code
handles civil litigation
criminal prosecutions
habeas corpus petitions
immigration-related federal cases
prisoner civil rights actions
hasAuthorityFrom Congress of the United States
hasJurisdictionOver federal civil cases in the Southern District of Texas
federal criminal cases in the Southern District of Texas
hasLanguage English
hasSeat Brownsville, Texas
linked to: Brownsville

Corpus Christi, Texas
Galveston, Texas
linked to: Galveston

Houston, Texas
Laredo, Texas
McAllen, Texas
Victoria, Texas
hearsCasesUnder United States Constitution
federal regulations
federal statutes
higherCourt United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
judicialCircuitNumber Fifth Circuit
legalCitationAbbreviation S.D. Tex.
levelOfCourt district court
locatedInJurisdiction Southern District of Texas
partOf United States District Courts
federal judiciary of the United States
regionServed southern region of Texas
standardReporterAbbreviation S.D. Tex.
state Texas
subjectMatterJurisdiction bankruptcy appeals and related matters as provided by statute
diversity jurisdiction
federal question jurisdiction
usesCitationManual Bluebook

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.