As amended through August 27, 2024
Rule 3.01 - FILING AND ASSIGNMENT OF CASES(A) ALL CASES ARE TO BE FILED, DOCKETED, AND ASSIGNED PURSUANT TO RULE 10b OF THE RULES OF JUDICIAL ADMINISTRATION OF THE SUPREME COURT OF TEXAS AND SECTIONS 25.0732, 74.093, 74.121, AND 75.011, TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE.(B) THEREAFTER, THE COURTS MAY AT ANY TIME EXCHANGE CASES AND BENCHES TO ACCOMMODATE THEIR DOCKETS OR TO SPECIALIZE THE COURTS' TRIALS.(C) EXCEPT AS PROVIDED HEREAFTER IN THESE RULES, ALL CASES SHALL BE FILED WITH THE DISTRICT CLERK IN RANDOM ORDER, OR IN THE MANNER PRESCRIBED BY THE COUNCIL OF JUDGES, AND SHALL BE ASSIGNED, INSOFAR AS PRACTICABLE, IN A FAIR AND EQUITABLE MANNER AMONG THE COURTS.(D) EVERY GARNISHMENT SUIT OR BILL OF REVIEW SHALL BE ASSIGNED TO THE COURT IN WHICH THE PRINCIPAL SUIT IS OR WAS PENDING, AND IF THE PRINCIPAL SUIT IS TRANSFERRED TO ANOTHER COURT, THE GARNISHMENT SHALL BE TRANSFERRED LIKEWISE. (E) IF A NONSUIT OF A PARTY IS TAKEN, ANY REFILLING OF THE SUIT BY THE SAME PARTY SHALL BE ASSIGNED TO THE ORIGINAL COURT. PRIOR TO THE REFILLING, THE FILING PARTY OR THE PARTY'S ATTORNEY SHALL INFORM THE CLERK BY WAY OF COPY OF THE PRIOR NONSUIT SO THAT THE CASE CAN BE FILED PROPERLY. AFTER REFILLING, THE REFILLING PARTY SHALL NOTIFY THE COURT IN WRITING OF THE STYLE AND CAUSE NUMBER OF THE PRIOR SUIT.