DAVENPORT v. GARCIA

No. D-1558.

834 S.W.2d 4 (1992)

Valorie W. DAVENPORT v. The Honorable Carolyn GARCIA.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Rehearing Overruled September 9, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Valorie W. Davenport, Houston, for appellant.

Marty R. Akins, B. Lee Ware, Russell B. Serafin, Tom L. Pettiette, Houston, for appellee.


OPINION

DOGGETT, Justice.

In this mandamus proceeding, we address three issues: (1) the ability of a judge to suppress speech with a "gag order;" (2) whether Relator was impermissibly denied access to court records; and (3) the appropriate standard for emoval of a guardian ad litem. Applying our state constitutional guarantee of free expression to invalidate the trial court's unconstitutional prior restraint on...

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