City of Dallas v. Abbott

of the Court

in which Chief Justice JEFFERSON, Justice HECHT, Justice MEDINA, Justice GREEN, and Justice GUZMAN joined.

The Public Information Act mandates disclosure of public information upon request to a governmental body, but excepts certain categories of information from the disclosure requirement. See Tex. Gov’t Code §§ 552.021, 552.221, 552.101-.136. A governmental body wishing to claim an exception must make a timely request for an attorney general’s opinion as to the exception’s applicability. Id. § 552.301(a). If a request is not timely made, the information is presumed subject to…