For nearly two years, Judge Carlos Cortez has fought the release of records related to a defamation suit he filed, and later nonsuited, against a Dallas attorney. Texarkana’s 6th Court of Appeals, sitting in Dallas, heard arguments in Cortez v. Johnston on Aug. 9. Now the 6th Court is set to decide whether those records — which include two witness statements and Cortez’s deposition — will remain sealed.

Texas Lawyer has intervened in the case in an attempt to gain access to the records.