Legal Opinion

Cox Enterprises v. Bd. of Tr. of Austin ISD

Texas Supreme Court

Decided April 9, 1986No. C-3586PublishedCited by 174 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

CAMPBELL, Justice.

This is a declaratory judgment action under the Texas Open Meetings Act, Tex. Rev.Civ.Stat.Ann. art. 6252-17. 1 Cox Enterprises, Inc., doing business as the Austin American-Statesman newspaper, sought declaratory, injunctive, and mandamus relief against the Board of Trustees of the Austin Independent School District, alleging that the Board was violating the Open Meetings Act. The trial court rendered a declaratory judgment that the Board had violated various provisions of the Act. The court of appeals reformed the trial court’s judgment and affirmed the judgment as…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Lower Colorado River Authority v. City of San MarcosTexas Supreme Court · 1975
  2. Texas Turnpike Authority v. City of Fort WorthTexas Supreme Court · 1977
  3. Board of Trustees of the Austin Independent School District v. Cox Enterprises, Inc.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1984
  4. City of Arlington v. NadigTexas Supreme Court · 1997

3Cited by174 opinions

  1. Acker v. Texas Water CommissionTexas Supreme Court · 1990
  2. City of San Antonio v. Fourth Court of AppealsTexas Supreme Court · 1991
  3. Save Our Springs Alliance, Inc. v. City of Dripping Springs, Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)2010
  4. Friends of Canyon Lake, Inc. v. Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority, Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)2002
  5. City of Farmers Branch v. Ramos, Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)2007

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