# Tarrant County Hospital District v. Hughes

> Court of Appeals of Texas · April 9, 1987 · 734 S.W.2d 675

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9771803

## Case

- **Full name:** TARRANT COUNTY HOSPITAL DISTRICT, Relator, v. Hon. William L. HUGHES, Jr., Respondent
- **Court:** Court of Appeals of Texas
- **Decided:** April 9, 1987
- **Citations:** 734 S.W.2d 675; 1987 Tex. App. LEXIS 8221
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurrence by Lattimore
- **Judges:** Farris, Spurlock, Burdock, Lattimore, Keltner, Fender, Hill
- **Cited by:** 43 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

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- Full citator and citing cases: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9771803

## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- holding that compelling disclosure of blood donors’ identities was not an impermissible violation of constitutional right to privacy
- holding that the disclosure of blood donors' identities was not an impermissible violation of constitutional right to privacy
- noting that medical records are within constitutionally protected zone of privacy

## Opinion text

LATTIMORE, Justice,
concurring.
I concur with the opinion of Justice Far-ris. We should not assume the occurrence of the worst eventuality. The trial court has it within its power to prevent the consequences not threatened by the parties, but envisioned by the dissenting opinion.

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