Legal Opinion
In Re Dallas Area Rapid Transit
Texas Supreme Court
Decided February 13, 1998No. 97-0465PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Per curiam
The single question in this original mandamus proceeding is whether a governmental body ordered to disclose information requested under the Texas Public Information Act, Tex. Gov’t Code §§ 552.001-.353, is entitled to supersede the order pending appeal. We answer yes.
About three weeks after nine-year-old Francine White was killed exiting the rear doors of a Dallas Area Rapid Transit bus, the Dallas Morning News submitted a request to DART under the Act for records reflecting the “results of all accident investigations involving equipment problems in the last five years”. DART agreed to…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Klein Independent School District v. Fourteenth Court of AppealsTexas Supreme Court · 1986
- Hill v. Fourteenth Court of AppealsTexas Supreme Court · 1985
3Cited by24 opinions
- Martin K. Eby Construction Company, Inc. v. Dallas Area Rapid TransitCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2004
- in Re State Board for Educator CertificationTexas Supreme Court · 2014
- Texas Health & Human Services Commission v. Advocates for Patient Access, Inc.Court of Appeals of Texas · 2013
- City of Fort Worth v. Johnson, Texas Court of Appeals, 10th District (Waco)2002
- City of Houston v. KallinenCourt of Appeals of Texas · 2017
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