dismissing appeal after vacating panel decision, 566 F.3d 515, reh’g granted, 576 F.3d 531, that had concluded that elected local and state government officials’ decision-making represents political speech, requiring the Texas Open Meeting Act to survive strict scrutiny review
How later courts described this case
- dismissing appeal after vacating panel decision, 566 F.3d 515, reh’g granted, 576 F.3d 531, that had concluded that elected local and state government officials’ decision-making represents political speech, requiring the Texas Open Meeting Act to survive strict scrutiny review
- reviewing council members’ § 1983 challenge to the criminal provisions of the Texas Open Meetings Act
- vacating on mootness grounds without addressing the merits
- “None of the Supreme Court’s public employee speech decisions qualifies or limits the First Amendment’s protections of elected officials’ speech.”
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The opinion
BY THE COURT:
IT IS ORDERED that this case is DISMISSED for mootness.