Legal Opinion
Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts v. Attorney General of Texas and the Dallas Morning News, Ltd.
Texas Supreme Court
Decided December 3, 2010No. 08-0172PublishedCited by 51 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Jefferson
joined by Justice MEDINA, Justice GREEN, Justice GUZMAN, and Justice LEHRMANN.
Invoking the Texas Public Information Act (PIA), the Dallas Morning News sought a copy of the Comptroller’s payroll database for state employees. See Tex. Gov’t Code ch. 552. The Comptroller responded with the full name, age, race, sex, salary, agency, job description, work address, date of initial employment, pay rate, and work hours for each employee. But the Comptroller withheld dates of birth as protected under Government Code section 552.101, which excepts from disclosure “information considered to be…
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