Legal Opinion
Ken Paxton, Attorney General of Texas v. City of Dallas
Texas Supreme Court
Decided February 3, 2017No. 15-0073PublishedCited by 57 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Guzman
in which Chief Justice Hecht, Justice Green, Justice Willett, Justice Lehrmann, Justice Devine, and Justice Brown joined.
Recognizing that government is founded on the authority of the people and “instituted for their benefit,”1 the Texas Public Information Act (PIA) favors an open and transparent government to ensure the people “retain control over the instruments they have created.”2 But the PIA simultaneously recognizes that public interests are best advanced by shielding some infor*250mation from public disclosure.3 The Legislature, in its considered judgment, has excepted from disclosure more…
2Cases cited50 opinions
- Lugosch v. Pyramid Co. of OnondagaCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2006
- Upjohn Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Debbie Foltz, Consumer Action United Policyholders Texas Watch, Intervenors, and Tierney Adamson Kevin Snead Daniel P. Johnson, Intervenors-Appellants. v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, an Illinois Corporation California Institute of Medical Research & Technology, Inc., a Foreign Corporation Dba Comprehensive Medical Review Ralph Householder Steven Becker v. April Jean Ho Jim Mathis, Plaintiffs-Intervenors. Debbie Foltz, and Tierney Adamson Kevin Snead Daniel P. Johnson, Intervenors-Appellants v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, an Illinois Corporation, and California Institute of Medical Research & Technology, Inc., a Foreign Corporation Dba Comprehensive Medical Review Ralph Householder Steven Becker v. April Jean Ho Jim Mathis, Plaintiffs-Intervenors. Debbie Foltz, April J. Ho Jim Mathis Tierney Adamson Kevin Snead Daniel P. Johnson, Intervenors, and Consumer Action United Policy-Holders Texas Watch, Intervenors-Appellants v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, an Illinois Corporation, and Steven BeckerCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2003
- Fisher v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- United States v. AmodeoCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1995
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3Cited by57 opinions
- Fort Worth Transp. Auth. v. RodriguezTexas Supreme Court · 2018
- in Re National Lloyds Insurance Company, Wardlaw Claims Service, Inc. and Ideal Adjusting, Inc.Texas Supreme Court · 2017
- BankDirect Capital Finance, LLC v. Plasma Fab, LLCTexas Supreme Court · 2017
- City of Richardson v. Oncor Elec. Delivery Co.Texas Supreme Court · 2018
- in Re City of DickinsonTexas Supreme Court · 2019
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