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.