Legal Opinion
McNamara v. Cole Fulks
Texas Court of Appeals, 8th District (El Paso)
Decided April 28, 1993No. 08-92-00253-CVPublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
LARSEN, Justice.
This is an appeal from a mandamus proceeding under the Texas Open Records Act, Tex.Rev.Civ.Stat.Ann. art. 6252-17a, et seq. (Vernon Supp. Pamphlet 1993) (“TORA”). Jack McNamara, owner and publisher of The NIMBY 1 News, sought delivery of records he had requested under TORA. The trial court denied mandamus, because the 83rd District Attorney Pro Tem., J. Cole Fulks, proffered the records to McNamara one week before the mandamus hearing. In' a single point of error, McNamara claims that the trial court abused its discretion in refusing to award him costs and attorney’s…
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3Cited by16 opinions
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- Aneita J. Weaver v. John Jamar, Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)2012
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