Court Opinion

ID: 4139617
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2017-02-18 02:49:36.326475+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T14:36:20.825027
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OFFICE   OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL    OF TEXAS
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                           uo usuallywdr up 0S thi tram-
       oript of the trial,oortifiodbytha        Olorkottha o.nr%
       ineuu of jwytria1,to@b~ruitb luohotb.r'W-
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       hatkotmoroript oortifLdbythoolakoitha sourt,
       all otheriaforMtiou  i‘ of a mtri&lfooadenti8l
       nattuo,end I‘ wailableonlyto th‘p‘rout‘, or pvdim‘,
       b r l‘aoeiatod prot*~‘iolul
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       ‘(6) Doe‘
               the.bow lsliuB‘tion,othere‘n thbtraum
     * oript,eonatitute
                      ooniidoutialinformation,radu‘uoh,
       i8 it privilogad
                     lnd wouldthir Bmrd, ar it8 w  8uthom
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                             aa& the meor& d publlohoepit& uJdh
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            to tbrlghtot    la8p88tienofthoro8or~ isqautionmd~r
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publio lmdcb, Art1ol.o   V*Aa o rI*,  l~apooialpriTi1.g.
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    teblooe peaalimtltution,iadrLohthuo 1‘ l .aaoaf vaoral
    disuao, ehallroport+oh oaooiaedlatelyinwriting, to tha
    loulhnlth oSf-iou, rtatingthoMI mdsddrm‘8 ortbo 0iti.o
    nmmbu,ago,*a,  oolor,and oooupationeftbodi8u8odp?rr~
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 tha wrpowljiaIA#  titholih auo&llhiloaot,lm p-sBoipla,
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 ahav& it to bo Lporkat to't& publiriatorort
                                           t&t tha
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          footionof tbo applioaataad all othertupayorr irc*lillegal
          burdou‘*And it I‘ obTiou‘ that, in BBkisg‘ad onfora~
          lwh applioatioa,thr tupqwr~,aot8,  in l vwy r0alraw,
          wt oalyiorhim0U, buttarallothort8xpayor8,      androta;
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          It rut b‘ Bblttod,al‘o,thattho au0180 of ‘wh paw,
          ~prud~ly~~o~~~,unnoC~O~~Othrr
          ‘#lutuy,booM‘0th0knaul8dgothatit      Oaab8 uoroi8edby
          a oitiron
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          gW4#h & bu#a a# 8o P nd
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          owpreioms; mid ln inaludinga  groator
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          oltl‘otu underthe ib.?mtiom
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demandfor iu‘pwtioisi‘ ‘da may roquiro a ‘h‘wmg of mfNOiat iator0*t
on the put 02 the domadiq party bsforr thb i~putla 1‘ allmode 531
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                                                                that the
Board,or an agoutof MLO Board,lot4 undo?pelieirof the Board,suohu
l 8upalntmndent   ofaa l108ao8yaary &l8tltution,ha8tbari&twitlmtooM8nt
o fth og u a a ao afl wILtBlpatiat@r of a ohi* to di8.10‘0 tin orr“hi8tOry
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wy Lnf~tlonOomaaingthero~r8al di80u~rab8v8nmmdi
                    Qllm8uowmob (J), (I),ud (6)&1wlthwu    dutyof tila
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whorein lw otla of rworda will invol~ th. U881~8w     of $mnilo oourt
pr@iw      cd wdu At'tiOh 2336.1,6 8-e. V. A. C. I., we thithkthe
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tidu w fol1or.r

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orating. rpwfrl OT rimitodp?iTi1ag#a8t~ti~daboH#         p t, th 0la m                         .
prinoiploa8t.t.dmuld h.v.~.ppli..ti~ .ad it 1‘ our hope t&t OUT  rim.
will prow of u‘l‘taaooto you.
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