Boeing Co. v. Paxton

in which Chief Justice Hecht, Justice Green, Justice Willett, Justice Guzman, Justice Lehrmann, and Justice Brown joined.

The Texas Public Information Act gives the public the right to access information the government collects. Tex. Gov’t Code § 552.221. Although most of this information is available on request, the Act itself enumerates about sixty exceptions. See generally id. §§ 552.101-.154. One of these exceptions is the focus of this appeal.

The exception at issue purports to protect information “that, if released, would give advantage to a competitor or bidder.” Id. § 552.104. The…