TEXAS APPEALS COURT REJECTS PAXTON, ABBOTT EFFORT TO EVADE ACCOUNTABILITY AND DISMISS AMERICAN OVERSIGHT'S PUBLIC RECORDS LAWSUIT
January 18, 2024
January 18, 2024
WASHINGTON, Jan. 18 -- American Oversight issued the following statement on Jan. 17, 2024:
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Today, a Texas appeals court ruled in favor of nonpartisan watchdog group American Oversight, permitting its lawsuit seeking the release of public records held by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and Attorney General Ken Paxton to proceed.
Abbott and Paxton had appealed a February 2023 ruling by the trial court denying their request to dismiss American Oversight's lawsuit . . .
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Today, a Texas appeals court ruled in favor of nonpartisan watchdog group American Oversight, permitting its lawsuit seeking the release of public records held by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and Attorney General Ken Paxton to proceed.
Abbott and Paxton had appealed a February 2023 ruling by the trial court denying their request to dismiss American Oversight's lawsuit . . .