Information on Letter Opinions
In most cases, an opinion that is designated by the initials of the attorney general addresses issues that are or may be of interest to persons throughout the state. A letter opinion generally addresses issues that are local in nature or that affect the interests of a particular person or group. The "LO" designation, however, does not mean that a document is any less authoritative than one denominated by reference to the particular attorney general's initials. On January 4, 1999, Attorney General John Cornyn discontinued the practice of issuing letter opinions. All attorney general opinions are now issued under the Attorney General's initials, i.e., Attorney General Greg Abbott's opinions would be named GA-0001, GA-0002, etc.
For Open Letter Rulings or Open Record Decisions, please go to: Open Government.
| Attorney General | Letter Opinion or Advisory |
| Greg Abbott 2002-Present |
|
| John Cornyn 1999-2002 |
|
| Dan Morales 1991-1998 |
LO92-001 to LO98-127 |
| Jim Mattox 1983-1990 |
LO88-001 to LO90-110 |
| Mark White 1979-1982 |
|
| John L. Hill 1973-1978 |
LA-1 to LA-157 |
| Crawford Martin 1967-1972 |
|
| Waggoner Carr 1963-1966 |
|
| Will Wilson 1957-1962 |
|
| John Ben Shepperd 1953-1956 |
MS-1 to MS-223 |
| Price Daniel 1947-1952 |
|
| Grover Sellers 1944-1946 |
|
| Gerald Mann 1939-1943 |
For copies of opinions, letter opinions and ORD's that are not online, please contact the Opinions Library at (512) 936-1730 or Open Records Division at (512) 936-6736.
- All opinions issued since January 4, 1939 are online.
- All letter opinions issued since January 21, 1953 are online.
- All open records decisions (ORDs) issued since July 20, 1973 are online.
Check back with us often, as we continue to add to these online records.