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Collin County judges say courts are "doing more with less," report top state disposition metric

Collin County Commissioner's Court · March 2, 2026
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Summary

Judges told commissioners the district courts disposed of about 31,750 cases and claimed Collin County leads Texas on a key case-disposition metric; judges said population growth is driving filings and that civil filings rose about 30% last year.

Judge Tom Novak presented statistics to the Collin County Commissioners highlighting what he called an unusually fast pace of case disposition in the county’s district courts, saying the courts have "done more with less." He told the court that the county ranks among the top in Texas on a key disposition metric and described the data as "the best metric in the state."

The judge said the report’s figures use population estimates through July 2024 and that the…

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