Employer Has Standing Under PIA to Seek Mandamus Relief

When Information Requested by Employee is Not Released

Check out this News Alert from our partner Haynes and Boone, LLP:

Under the Texas Public Information Act, a “requestor ” may file suit for a writ of mandamus compelling the release of public information.  In The City of Dallas v. The Dallas Morning News, the Dallas Court of Appeals held that an employer has standing to file such a suit when its employee made the initial request.

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