Legal Opinion
Harlandale Independent School District v. Cornyn
Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)
Decided July 27, 2000No. 03-99-00745-CVPublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JAN P. PATTERSON, Justice.
This case involves the scope of the attorney-client privilege in the context of a request under the Texas Public Information Act. Harlandale Independent School District and its Board of Trustees (“Har-landale”) filed suit against the Attorney General seeking a declaratory judgment that a retained attorney’s investigative report of a campus police officer’s grievance is excepted from public disclosure. The district court denied Harlandale relief. We reverse the district court order and render judgment in favor of Harlandale.
BACKGROUND
On March 7, 1997, a female police…
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