BOEING CO. v. PAXTON

No. 12-1007.

466 S.W.3d 831 (2015)

The BOEING COMPANY and the Greater Kelly Development Authority n/k/a the Port Authority of San Antonio, Petitioners, v. Ken PAXTON, Attorney General of Texas, Respondent

Supreme Court of Texas.

Opinion Delivered: June 19, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kathryn Elizabeth Boatman , Kendall M. Gray , Thomas W. Taylor , Andrews Kurth LLP, Houston, TX, Scott A. Brister , Andrews Kurth LLP, Austin, TX, for Petitioner The Boeing Company.

Dalby Fleming , Burch Law Firm, New Braunfels, TX, Dylan O. Drummond , Davidson Troilo Ream & Garza, PC, Austin, TX, Lea Ann Ream , Davidson Troilo Ream & Garza, PC, San Antonio, TX, William A. Faulk , William A Faulk PC, Brownsville, TX, for Petitioner The Greater Kelly Development Authority.

Daniel T. Hodge , First Asst. Attorney General, David A. Talbot Jr. , Consumer Protection, Office of the Attorney General, Austin, TX, David C. Mattax , Director of Defense Litigation, Office of the Attorney General, Greg W. Abbott , Attorney General of Texas, Jonathan F. Mitchell , Solicitor General, Kimberly L. Fuchs , Office of the Attorney General, Open Records Litigation, Austin, TX, Nichole Beth Bunker-Henderson , Assistant Attorney General, Richard B. Farrer , Assistant Solicitor General, Rosalind L. Hunt , Office of Attorney General, Administrative Law Division, for Respondent.

Justice Devine delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Chief Justice Hecht, Justice Green, Justice Willett, Justice Guzman, Justice Lehrmann, and Justice Brown joined.


The Texas Public Information Act gives the public the right to access information the government collects. TEX. GOV'T CODE § 552.221. Although most of this information is available on request, the Act itself enumerates about sixty exceptions. See generally id. §§ 552.101-.154. One of these exceptions is the focus of this appeal.

The exception at issue purports to protect information "that, if released, would give advantage to a competitor or...

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