Texas Supreme Court· 9/14/1995

A & T CONSULTANTS, INC. v. Sharp

Citations

904 S.W.2d 668
1995 WL 434472

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holding that courts may neither consider purpose of the request nor inquire into how the requestor intends to use the information
holding that predecessor statute to PIA does not require governmental body to prepare or assemble new information in response to a request
concluding that a determination of whether information is subject to the Texas Public Information Act and whether an exception to disclosure applies are questions of law
concluding that a determination of whether information is subject to the Texas Public Information Act and whether an exception to disclosure applies are questions of law
holding that the PIA “compels disclosure of public information that is in existence, but it does not require a government entity to prepare or assemble new information in response to a request.”
stating that \a literal application of the mandamus provision is thus unworkable\ because a \ governmental body has no duty to perform what a writ of mandamus would order-the disclosure of public records\ (emphasis added)

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Judges: Gonzalez, Hecht, Phillips, Hightower, Enoch, Spector, Owen, Cornyn, Gammage

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