Ken Paxton, Attorney General of the State of Texas v. City of Dallas, 03-13-00546-CV (Tex. App. –Austin, May 22, 2015) This is a Public Information Act (“PIA”) case where the trial court held the birth dates of certain members of the general
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Greg Abbott, Attorney General of Texas v. City of Liberty, Texas, 13-13-00614-CV (Tex. App. – Corpus Christi February 26, 2015) This is a Public Information Act (“PIA”) lawsuit regarding phone records belonging to a city police officer. City of Liberty received a
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CITY OF DALLAS v. KEN PAXTON, ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS, 13-13-00397-CV (Tex. App. – Corpus Christi, February 12, 2015). This is a Public Information Act (“PIA”) case involving the attorney/client privilege and the City’s alleged failure to timely file a request with
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Stephen B. Tyler, Criminal District Attorney Victoria County, Texas v. Ken Paxton, Attorney General of Texas, 03-12-00747-CV (Tex. App. – Austin, January 28, 2015). This is a Public Information Act (“PIA”) case where the Victoria County District Attorney (“DA” or “Tyler”) attempted
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Greg Abbott, Attorney General of the State of Texas v. City of Dallas, 03-13-00686-CV (Tex. App. – Austin December 23, 2014) This is a Public Information Act (“PIA”) lawsuit where the Austin Court of Appeals affirmed the trial court order allowing the
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Sullo & Bobbitt, P.L.L.C. v. Milner No. 13-10869 (5th Cir. August 6, 2014). This is a constitutional and public information case involving a ticket law firm which sought immediate access to misdemeanor citations through declaratory judgment. The Fifth Circuit affirmed the dismissal
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Stevie Lynn Davis v. Texas Department of Public Safety, 03-13-00199-CV (Tex. App. – Austin, August 12, 2014). This is a Texas Public Information Act (“PIA”) case and a short one at that. Davis filed a mandamus action to compel DPS to turn
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City of El Paso, Texas v. Greg Abbott, Attorney General of Texas and Stephanie Townsend Allala, 03-13-00820-CV, (Tex. App. – Austin, August 1, 2014). This is an interlocutory appeal from the denial of a plea to the jurisdiction in a Texas Public
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Tommy Adkisson v. Greg Abbott, Attorney General of Texas, 03-12-00535-CV (Tex. App. – Austin, June 13, 2014). This is a Public Information Act (“PIA”) case where Bexar County Commissioner Adkisson sought to withhold County emails sent to him on his personal email
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The City of San Antonio v. Greg Abbott, Texas Attorney General, 03-11-00668-CV (Tex. App. -Austin, April 10, 2014) This is a Public Information Act case where the City of San Antonio withheld information contained within its call-for-service and dispatch logs as privileged.
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