White v. Sturns

The Honorable Mark White, Governor of the State of Texas, and the Senate of the State of Texas, appeal from a declaratory judgment of the trial court, to the effect that appellee, Louis E. Sturns, “by virtue of his appointment” by Governor White’s predecessor in office, “is the duly qualified judge of the Criminal District Court No. 2 of Tarrant County, Texas, until the next General Election”; and that under Tex. Const.Ann. art. V, § 28 (Supp.1982), vacancies in the office of district judge may be filled by the Governor without “confirmation” by the Senate of the State of Texas. The judgment…