Austin v. City of San Antonio & Urban Renewal Agency

OPINION

CLARK, Justice.

This is an appeal from the denial of a petition for writ of mandamus.

Petitioner, an attorney, requested information from the Urban Renewal Agency of the City of San Antonio under the authority of Tex.Rev.Civ.Stat.Ann. 6252-17a (Supp. 1980), the Texas Open Records Act. When the agency refused his request, petitioner filed an application for writ of mandamus in the district court, seeking to compel the City of San Antonio to disclose the information. The agency, a creature of statute, was allowed to intervene. 1 The trial court denied the application after an evidentiary…