The Texas Open Meetings Act remains good law after withstanding a constitutional challenge by former city council members who asserted the law violated their rights to exchange e-mail messages discussing city business in secret.
After four years of litigation, the U.S. Court of Appeals in Dallas (5th Cir.) dismissed the case today as moot. Although both Alpine, Texas, councilors' terms had ended, Avinash Rangra remained an active plaintiff in the case. Sixteen judges held Rangra lacked the proper standing to sue.
Federal appeals court lets Texas Open Meetings Act stand, dismisses lawsuit from Alpine officials
Thu Sep 10 20:21:10 2009 CST |
By Jennifer Peebles
Good news from the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press in the Rangra v. Brown case:
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