Wade v. Abdnor

VANCE, Justice.

Appellants, Henry Wade, Criminal District Attorney of Dallas County, Texas and the State of Texas appeal from the grant of a permanent injunction prohibiting the appellants and their agents from “seeking” the disclosure of confidential mental health information with respect to appellee, John Howard Abdnor. We dissolve the injunction as it applies to appellants because the prohibition against “seeking” exceeds the authority of the provisions of the statute upon which the injunction was based. Tex. Rev.Civ.Stat.Ann. art. 5561h (Vernon Supp. 1982). Accordingly, the judgment…