Texas State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners v. Gene Giggleman, DVM

OPINION

BOB PEMBERTON, Justice.

The principal issue presented in this appeal, which arises from a mandamus suit brought by a requestor under the Texas Public Information Act (PIA), 1 is whether the requestor “substantially prevailed,” so as to qualify for an attorney’s-fees award under the PIA, 2 where he obtained an interlocutory summary judgment on his mandamus claim but that claim was ultimately rendered moot prior to final judgment. Under the circumstances here, we conclude he did not. We likewise hold that the requestor could not use the Uniform Declaratory Judgments Act (UDJA) 3 as a…