From Journal Star:

Attorneys general from more than a dozen states, including Nebraska, asked a federal appeals court in New Orleans this week to review a ruling that they warn could cripple their open meetings laws.

A ruling last month by a three-judge panel from the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals revived a lawsuit that city council members in Alpine, Texas, filed against the local district attorney and state attorney general after two members were charged with violating the state’s open meetings law. The council members allegedly violated the law by discussing a city project in an exchange of e-mails.

The 5th Circuit panel said U.S. District Judge Robert Junell incorrectly ruled that the First Amendment “affords absolutely no protection to speech by elected officials made persuant to their official duties.”

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