Shackelford v. City of Abilene

GREENHILL, Justice.

Jerry Shackelford, et al., 1 (hereinafter referred to as “Shackelford”) brought this suit seeking injunctive relief prohibiting violations of the Texas Open Meetings Act, article 6252-17, 2 the Texas Open Records Act, article 6252-17a, and the Abilene City Charter, by the members of the Abilene Equal Employment Opportunity Board (hereinafter referred to as the “Board”). 3

The trial court granted the requested relief and entered a permanent injunction requiring all meetings of the Abilene Equal Employment Opportunity Board to be public and requiring that minutes of those…