CITY OF WACO v. ABBOTT

No. 06-0545.

209 S.W.3d 104 (2006)

CITY OF WACO, Texas, Petitioner v. Greg ABBOTT, Attorney General of the State of Texas, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

December 1, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ken Johnson, Assistant City Attorney, Arthur Pertile III, City Attorney, Waco, for City of Waco.

Jason D. Ray, Edward D. Burbach, Office of the Attorney General, Kent C. Sullivan, First Assistant Attorney General, Barbara Bryant Deane, Assistant Attorney General, Austin, for Greg Abbott.

Greg Abbott Attorney General of Texas, Austin, pro se.

Joe F. Grubbs, District Attorney Office, William Lee Auvenshine, Assistant County & District Attorney, Waxahachie, for Amicus Curiae The County and District Attorney of Ellis County.


PER CURIAM.

The City of Waco asked the Attorney General whether arrest-warrant affidavits produced pursuant to Texas Code of Criminal Procedure article 15.26 may be redacted as confidential, based on Family Code section 261.201, so that the identities of sexual assault victims remain classified. TEX. GOV'T CODE § 552.301. The Attorney General issued an opinion concluding that "article 15.26 more specifically governs the public availability of the submitted arrest...

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