Legal Opinion
Houston Chronicle Publishing Co. v. Hardy
Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District
Decided April 12, 1984No. 13-83-544-CV, 13-84-015-CV and 13-84-016-CVPublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
KEITH, Justice (Retired).
Our original jurisdiction has been invoked in three separate proceedings wherein each relator seeks the writ of mandamus to compel the Honorable G.P. Hardy, Jr., the District Judge of the 130th District Court of Matagorda County, serving by special appointment, to permit public dissemination of pretrial discovery material in depositions taken by the parties in a suit now pending, untried, in said court.
THE BACKGROUND
The underlying suit now pending before Judge Hardy is No. 81-H-0686-C, entitled Houston Lighting & Power Co., Individually and as Project Manager…
2Cases cited33 opinions
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- In Re OliverSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
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- Nebraska Press Assn. v. StuartSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
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3Cited by8 opinions
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