STEWART v. McCAIN

No. B-7908.

575 S.W.2d 509 (1978)

Robert E. STEWART et al., Relators, v. Honorable Tate McCAIN, Judge et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Rehearing Denied January 17, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John L. Hill, Atty. Gen., David M. Kendall, Thomas M. Pollan and Don W. Kothmann, Asst. Attys. Gen., Austin, Dunnam, Dunnam & Dunnam, Vance Dunnam, Waco, for relators.

Geary, Stahl, Koons, Rohde & Spencer, Michael E. Rohde, Creel, Atwood, Spinuzzi & Chapman, Luther Edward Creel, III, Dallas, McDonald, Calhoon & Kolstad, John B. McDonald, R. E. Swift, Paxton, Whitaker & Parsons, James R. Paxton and Terry Thorn, Palestine, Bracewell & Patterson, W. Feed Hagans, Houston, Vial, Hamilton, Koch, Tubb, Knox & Stradley, Gerald Powell, Dallas, for respondents.


BARROW, Justice.

The question presented by this original proceeding is whether Article 342-210 of the Texas Banking Code,1 which provides that all information obtained by the Banking Department relative to the financial condition of state banks shall be confidential and shall not be disclosed by the Commissioner or any officer of said Department, creates an absolute privilege. Relators have refused to deliver the confidential section of...

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