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HEARD v. HOUSTON POST CO.

No. 01-84-00393-CV.

684 S.W.2d 210 (1984)

Sheriff Jack HEARD, Appellant, v. The HOUSTON POST COMPANY d/b/a the Houston Post, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Houston (1st Dist.).

Rehearing Denied January 24, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mike Driscoll, County Atty. for Harris County, Molly D. Shannon, Bill E. Lee, Harris County Asst. County Attys., Houston, for appellant.

A. Frank Koury, Alton J. Hall, Jr., Fulbright & Jaworski, Houston, for appellee.

Before DOYLE, BASS and BULLOCK, JJ.

OPINION

DOYLE, Justice.

This is an appeal from a permanent injunction against Sheriff Jack Heard (the Sheriff) ordering him to make available to the Houston Post (the Post) access to or a copy of the Offense Report whenever the Post requests it pursuant to its statutory rights under the Texas Open Records Act.

On April 12, 1984, the Houston Post reported allegations that four Harris County Sheriff's Deputies had brutalized Richard Allen Brittain...

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