A & T CONSULTANTS, INC. v. Sharp

HECHT, Justice, joined by CORNYN and GAMMAGE, JJ.,

dissenting.

The threshold issue is whether this Court, the Supreme Court of Texas, is the only court in the State which can review refusals of officers of the Executive Department to disclose information requested under the Texas Open Records Act, Tex.Gov’t Code *682§§ 552.001-353. As the Court reads the Act:

♦ Only the Supreme Court can review nondisclosure decisions by six State officers— the Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State, Comptroller of Public Accounts, Treasurer, Commissioner of the General Land Office, and Attorney General.

♦ This is…