STATE EX REL. BEST v. HARPER

No. 16-0647.

562 S.W.3d 1 (2018)

The STATE of Texas EX REL. George Darrell BEST, Petitioner, v. Paul Reed HARPER, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

OPINION DELIVERED: June 29, 2018.

Rehearing Denied December 21, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. Alfred Mackenzie , Attorney at Law, Waco, TX, Andrew W. Lucas , Somervell County Attorney, TX, for State of Texas.

Mary H. Barkley , Christopher A. Brown , Hanger LLP, Fort Worth, TX, for Respondent Paul Reed Harper.

Joseph R. Larsen , Sedgwick Houston TX, for Amicus Curiae Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas.

Angela V. Colmenero , Assistant Attorney General, General Litigation Division, Brantley D. Starr , Deputy First Assistant, Attorney General, Cleve Doty , James E. Davis , Office of the Attorney's General, Jeffrey C. Mateer , First Assistant Attorney General, Nichole Beth Bunker-Henderson , Assistant Attorney General, Administrative Law Division, Scott A. Keller , Office of the Attorney General, Solicitor General, W. Kenneth Paxton Jr. , Deputy First Assistant, Attorney General Office of the Attorney General, Austin, TX, for Other interested party Texas Attorney General's Office.


The Texas Citizens Participation Act (the TCPA) allows a defendant to obtain expedited dismissal of certain legal actions for which the party bringing the action does...

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