Mesquite disputes, east of Dallas.

A Dallas County case is heard downtown and a Kaufman County case in Kaufman, but appeals from both go to the Fifth Court of Appeals in Dallas, and both counties are in the Dallas Division of the Northern District for bankruptcy.

A suit about land is filed in the county where the land is, so a Mesquite property on the Kaufman County side is a Kaufman County case. See real estate disputes and Dallas County.

Texas state courts. No statewide rule on AI is in force. In June 2026 the Supreme Court of Texas preliminarily approved a new Rule 13 under which signing a filing certifies that the signer verified it, including that its citations, quotations and holdings are not fabricated; no final order had issued. The Business Court’s Local Rule 10(c) permits AI but makes the filer independently responsible for every filing. The courts of appeals have no AI rules but sanction fabricated authority under their inherent power, as the Dallas court did in 2025, and Ethics Opinion 705 advises verifying every output, protecting confidences and supervising its use.

Checked against each court’s own rules and orders on 5 November 2026 for John Henry’s talk “AI in Modern Litigation” at the Eastern District of Texas Bankruptcy Bench Bar Conference. Rules change; the full reference, with every order cited, is on the AI in litigation page.