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Thank you for visiting our Web site and for your interest in our Web
policies and disclaimers. On this page, you may link to our policies and
disclaimers on the following topics:
Alternative Formats and Accessibility
Cookies
IP Addresses
Security
Web Site Statistics
Our Web Policies and Disclaimers
As a part of the judicial branch of government, the courts are not
subject to the Public Information Act. The content that is published on
our website is public information as described in the Public
Information Act. Other access to court case records is governed by
common law, statutory law, and court rules; and the custodian of those
records is generally the clerk of the court. Access to judicial records,
which are records other than case records, is governed by Rule
12 of the Rules of Judicial Administration.
The following discloses the information gathering and dissemination
practices for the website:
Alternative Formats and Accessibility
Copies of portions of our Web site are available in alternative
format upon request.
We at the Texas State Library are committed to making our Web
presence as accessible as possible to everyone. Please contact our Webmaster
if you experience difficulty with any portion of our Web site.
Cookies
A "cookie" in Internet terminology is a small text file
that is placed on your hard drive via your web browser so the file can
later be read by that browser.
Cookies are not utilized on this site
We do not collect personal information on our users in the
logs we keep to compile our Web site statistics.
IP Addresses
We use visitors' IP addresses to help diagnose problems with our Web
server, and to administer our Web site.
Security
This site has security measures in place to protect the loss, misuse
and alteration of the information under our control. Unauthorized use of
this Web site is an offense under the Texas Penal Code.
You may contact our Webmaster
if you have questions about our Web security measures.
Web Site Statistics
We use server log analysis tools to create monthly summary statistics
of our Web site's usage. These statistics are used to reflect usage
summaries such as: general access (number of hits received), resources
accessed (our most and least popular pages), visitors and demographics
(IP addresses and domains), activity statistics (most/least active
days), technical statistics (client errors), referrers and keywords
(search engines and sites that point to our site), and browsers and
platforms.
The following information is collected for this analysis:
- User Client hostname - The hostname (or IP address if DNS
is disabled) of the user/client requesting access.
- HTTP header, "user-agent" - The user-agent
information includes the type of browser, its version, and the
operating system it's running on.
- HTTP header, "referrer" - The referrer specifies
the page from which the client accessed the current page.
- System date - The date and time of the user/client request.
- Full request - The exact request the user/client made.
- Status - The status code the server returned to the
user/client.
- Content length - The content length, in bytes, of the
document sent to the user/client.
- Method - The request method used.
- Universal Resource Identifier (URI) - The location of a
resource on the server.
- Query string of the URI - Anything after the question mark
in a URI.
- Protocol - The transport protocol and version used.
Contacting the Webmaster
If you have any questions about our Web policies and disclaimers
statement, the practices of our site, or your dealings with our Web
site, please contact:
Charles Matz, Webmaster
P.O.Box 820190
Houston, Texas77282-0190
Phone: 281-558-5478
Contacting the Courts
Comments or complaints regarding programs and services of this
Website may be addressed to:
Fifth Court
of Appeals
George L. Allen, Sr.
Courts Bldg.
600 Commerce Street,
2nd Floor
Dallas, Texas 75202-4658 |
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Lisa
Matz, Clerk of the Court
Phone: 214-712-3450
Facsimile: 214-745-1083 |
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Supreme
Court of Texas:
Supreme Court Building
201 West 14th., Rm. 104
Austin, Texas 78701
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Mailing
Address:
Supreme Court
P.O. Box 12248
Austin, Texas 78711
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Clerk
of the Court
John T. Adams
Chief Deputy Clerk
Patricia A. Cook
Phone:
(512) 463-1312
Fax:
(512) 463-1365 |
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