15th Court of Appeals Chief Justice Scott Brister on court's first day of oral argument. Credit: 15th CA video archive. For the First Time, Texas Court Hears Oral Arguments
Justice April Farris said it appears the state's intent is to withhold everything and warned that, "at some point we have to draw a line," asking then where the line should be drawn.
October 30, 2024 at 04:44 PM
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What You Need to Know
- The 15th Court of Appeals, which opened Sept. 1, heard its first cases on oral argument Wednesday.
- The first two cases were In re Google LLC and DPS v. Texas Tribune et al.
- In the Texas Tribune case, the state appealed an order granting 14 news outlets access to Uvalde shooting records.
The Fifteenth District Court of Appeals held its inaugural oral arguments, including the media fight over access to Texas Department of Public Safety records of the Robb Elementary shooting investigation.
The first case heard by the court was In re Google LLC, a mandamus case involving the state of Texas's face recognition privacy case against Google, but that was not heard by the appointed justices. Former Austin Court of Appeals chief justice Woodie Jones sat in place of Justice April Farris.
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