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: Texas Appellate Law BlogState Employees? Birth Dates Are Public Information
By D. Todd Smith
In Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts v. Attorney General of Texas (No. 03-07-00102-CV), the Third Court of Appeals has agreed with an attorney general opinion that state employees’ birth dates are public information subject to disclosure under the Texas Public Information Act. Justice Diane Henson (pictured) wrote the panel opinion (joined by Chief Justice Law and Justice Waldrop) affirming the trial court’s summary judgment for the AG. The appellate court also rejected a request for attorney’s fees by The Dallas Morning News, which made the public information request that generated the controversy.
Full post as published by Texas Appellate Law Blog on January 17, 2008 (boomark / email).
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