Texas Supreme Court
The Dallas Morning News and Public Citizen, Relators v. the Fifth Court of Appeals, Respondent
November 11, 1992842 S.W.2d 655
Summary
The Texas Supreme Court affirmed the appellate court's authority to temporarily limit public access to trial exhibits while a Rule 76a appeal is pending, denying the Dallas Morning News and Public Citizen's petition for mandamus. A separate dissent argued that the stay constitutes an unconstitutional prior restraint on press access.