City of Houston v. Houston Chronicle Publishing Co.

OPINION

TOM COLEMAN, Retired Chief Justice.

Upon application of the Houston Chronicle Publishing Company, the trial court granted a writ of mandamus compelling production of certain police department records under the Open Records Act, art. 6252-17a et seq., Tex.Rev.Civ.Stat.Ann. The trial court’s order compelled the City of Houston Police Chief Lee P. Brown and Mayor Kathryn J. Whitmire to produce the original and all numbered copies of the Houston police blotter and the show-up sheets for all dates since June 1, 1982. In this appeal from that order, the City contends that the writ of mandamus…