Standing Order in Limine — 61st District Court — posted on the court's own website — the court-procedure tier (standing procedures, policies, and preferences the court itself publishes), distinct from the TOPICs-registered local-rules tier (TRCP 3a registration applies to local rules). Operative requirements quoted verbatim; the posted document is the controlling text.
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CAUSE NO.__________________ PLAINTIFF§IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF VS.§HARRIS COUNTY, T E X A S DEFENDANT§61ST JUDICIAL DISTRICT Standing Order in Limine During the trial of any civil jury case in the 61st District Court, no attorney shall make mention, refer to or suggest any of the matters hereinafter set forth in the presence or hearing of the jury, the venire, or of any member of either without first approaching the bench and securing a ruling from the Court authorizing such reference. … In addition, each attorney shall admonish the client, client’s representatives and all non-adverse witnesses the attorney may call to testify to refrain from making any such statement, reference or suggestion unless same is essential to respond truthfully to a question asked by opposing counsel. … The matters to which reference is prohibited by this order are as follows: … That the named Defendant may or may not have to pay any resulting judgment. … If a party has a good faith basis to urge that such witness or document should be received either because (a) no discovery request properly called for its disclosure, or (b) good cause existed for failure to timely disclose, such party shall first approach the bench and secure a ruling thereon. … Any party desiring to urge any such objection shall request to approach the bench and urge such objection outside the hearing of the jury. … No party shall make statements in the presence of the venire panel or jury that the opposing party or that party’s counsel is responsible for a delay in the case being presented for trial.
Reviewer note: Own-site content fetched by us 2026-08-22 (Phase 3 justex/page sweep; hashed receipts in custody). Operative mandatory-language provisions quoted verbatim; the full posted document is the controlling text.
Tenth (10th) Court of Appeals — Standing Order No. 1, as registered in the statewide TOPICs local-rules registry (posted 01/01/2023). The operative requirements are quoted verbatim; the registered document is the controlling text.
Tenth (10th) Court of Appeals — Standing Order No. 2, as registered in the statewide TOPICs local-rules registry (posted 01/01/2023). The operative requirements are quoted verbatim; the registered document is the controlling text.