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	HON. JACQUELINE LUCCI SMITH Judge of County Civil Court at Law No. 2 - Harris  County	Other Harris County Judges and Courts Houston Courts of Appeals
COUNTY CIVIL COURTS AT LAW CCCL#1 Hon. R. Jack Cagle CCCL#2 Hon. Jacqueline Lucci-Smith CCCL#2 Hon. Gary Michael Block (past) CCCL#3 Hon. Linda Storey CCCL#3 Hon. Lynn Bradshaw-Hull CCCL#4 Hon. Roberta Anne Lloyd CCCL#4 Hon. Cynthia Crowe (past) County courts at law have exclusive jurisdiction in Harris County over eminent domain proceedings, regardless of the amount in controversy. Tex. Gov't Code Ann. § 25.1032(c). 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Harris County (Tex.App. - Houston [1st Dist.] Aug. 26, 2008)(Yates)(inverse condemnation claim, utility easement, compensable taking, jurisdiction of Harris County county courts, plea to the jurisdiction reversed) REVERSED AND REMANDED: Opinion by Justice Brock Yates   Before Justices Brock Yates, Anderson and Brown) 14-07-00401-CV  Southwestern Bell Telephone, L.P v. Harris County Appeal from County Civil Court at Law No 2 of Harris County Trial Court Judges: Jacqueline Lucci-Smith | Gary Block Court of Appeals changes its mind on disposition of appeal from dismissal of appeal, citing different fact re: timeliness Salmeron v. T-Mobile West Corp. (Tex.App.- Houston [1st Dist.] Apr. 24, 2008)(Subst. op. by Jennings) (county court's dismissal of appeal from JP court was serror) REVERSE TC JUDGMENT AND REMAND CASE TO TC FOR FURTHER PROCEEDINGS: Opinion by Justice Jennings Before Chief Justice Radack, Justices Jennings and Bland 01-07-00532-CV Stella Salmeron v. T-Mobile West Corporation Appeal from County Civil Court at Law No 2 of Harris County Trial Court Judge: Hon. Jacqueline Lucci Smith Salmeron filed her appeal bond eight days after the justice of the peace court signed its judgment. Accordingly, we hold that the county civil court at law erred in dismissing Salmeron's appeal for lack of jurisdiction. Appeal from JP Court was not timely - Dismissal affirmed Salmeron v. T-Mobile No. 01-07-00532-CV (Tex.App.- Houston [1st Dist.] Jan. 24, 2008)(Jennings) (county court jurisdiction, JP court appeal, timeliness) AFFIRM TC JUDGMENT: Opinion by Justice Jennings Before Chief Justice Radack, Justices Jennings and Bland Stella Salmeron v. T-Mobile West Corporation Appeal from Co Civil Ct at Law No 2 of Harris County (Hon. Jacqueline Lucci Smith) Salmeron filed her appeal bond 14 days after the justice of the peace court signed its judgment. Accordingly, we hold that the county court at law did not err in dismissing Salmeron's appeal for lack of jurisdiction Judge Lucci-Smith reversed by Court of Appeals on issue of City's asserted governmental immunity Saturn Capital Corp. v. City of Houston (Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist.] Dec. 11, 2007)(Anderson) (sovereign immunity, grant of plea to the jurisdiction reversed, illegal fee, invalid lien) REVERSED AND REMANDED: Opinion by Justice Anderson Before Chief Justice Hedges, Justices Anderson and Seymore 14-07-00379-CV Saturn Capital Corporation v. The City of Houston Appeal from Co Civil Ct at Law No 2 of Harris County (Hon. Lucci-Smith) DISMISSED: Per Curiam (untimely notice of appeal, DWOJ) Before Chief Justice Hedges, Justices Anderson and Seymore 14-07-00340-CV Germaine James v. Creekbend Apts. Appeal from Co Civil Ct at Law No 2 of Harris County (Hon. J. L. Smith) Cantu-Garciz v. Epernay Community ( (Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist.] Nov. 29, 2007)(per curiam)(untimely notice of appeal, DWOJ) DISMISSED: Per Curiam (Before ) 14-07-00862-CV Otoniel De Jesus Cantu-Garcia a/k/a Tony Cantu v. Epernay Community, Et al Appeal from Co Civil Ct at Law No 2 of Harris County (Hon. Jacqueline Lucci-Smith) DISMISSED: Per Curiam (Before Justices Brock Yates, Fowler and Guzman) 14-07-00632-CV Cedric Stepphon Colquitt v. Jay C. Berrospe Appeal from Co Civil Ct at Law No 2 of Harris County (Hon. Jacqueline Lucci-Smith)	CIVIL, FAMILY, AND JUVENILE STATE DISTRICT COURTS 11th DC Honorable Mark Davidson 55th DC Judge Jeff  Shadwick 61st DC Judge John Donovan 80th DC Hon. Lynn Bradshaw-Hull 113th DC Judge Patricia Hancock 125th DC Judge John Coselli 127th DC Judge Sharolyn Wood 129th DC Judge Grant Dorfman 133rd DC Judge Lamar McCorkle 151st DC Judge Caroline E. Baker 152nd DC Judge Kenneth Wise 157th DC Judge Randall Wilson 164th DC Hon. Martha Hill Jamison 165th DC Judge Elizabeth Ray 189th  DC Judge Bill Burke 190th DC Judge Jennifer W. Elrod 215th DC Judge Levi Benton 234th DC  Judge Reece Rondon 245th DC  Judge Annette Kuntz 246th DC Judge Jim York 247th DC Judge Bonnie  Hellums 257th DC  Judge Judy Warne 269th DC Hon. John T. Wooldridge 270th DC Judge Brent Gamble 280th DC Judge Tony Lindsay 281st DC Judge David J. Bernal 295th DC Hon. Tracy Christopher 308th DC Hon. Georgia Dempster 309th DC Judge Frank Rynd 310th DC  Judge Lisa Millard 311th DC  Judge Doug Warne 312th DC Judge James Squier 313th DC Judge Pat Shelton 314th DC Judge John Philip 315th DC  Judge Mike Schneider Jr 333rd DC Hon. Joseph Halbach Jr. 334th DC Judge Sharon McCally