TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF AGING AND DISABILITY SERVICES V. WATSON, et al. 12-0830 (Tex. January 9, 2015) This is a Texas Tort Claims Act case where the Texas Supreme Court holds that while individual employees are entitled to dismissal for tort claims, they
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Richard Stubbs v. The City of Weslaco, et al., 13-14-00054-CV (Tex. App. — Corpus Christi, January 8, 2015). This is an appeal from the dismissal of a mandamus action where the 13th Court of Appeals reversed the dismissal and ordered the trial
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Texas Health and Human Services Commission et al., v. F. Michael McMillen, 03-13-00303-CV (Tex. App. – Austin, January 8, 2015). This is an interlocutory appeal from the denial of a plea to the jurisdiction in a Texas Whistleblower and free speech case.
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City of San Antonio by/through CPS Energy v. Casey Industrial, Inc., 04-14-00429-CV (Tex. App. – San Antonio, December 31, 2014) This is one of several cases involving contracts between CPS Energy (“CPS”), Casey Industrial Inc. (“Casey”) and Wheelabrator Air Pollution Control Inc.,
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Harris County, Texas v. Kenneth Bankhead, 01-13-01005-CV (Tex. App. – Houston [1st Dist.], December 30, 2014) This is an interlocutory appeal from the denial of a plea to the jurisdiction in a race discrimination employment case. The First District Court of
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Gibson v. Kilpatrick, No. 12-60905 (5th Cir. December 11, 2014). This is a First Amendment in employment matter case where the 5th Circuit reversed the denial of the Mayor’s qualified immunity defense. Chief of Police Gibson reported Mayor Kilpatrick of Drew, Mississippi
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Michael Hamilton v. Mark Washington, in his Capacity as City of Austin Civil Service Director, et al., 03-11-00594-CV (Tex. App. Austin, December 23, 2014) This is an appeal from the granting of a plea to the jurisdiction in a civil service indefinite
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Lubbock-Crosby County Community Supervision and Corrections Department et al. v. Shane Lance, 07-14-00222-CV (Tex. App. – Amarillo, December 22, 2014) This is a Texas Whistleblower lawsuit where the Seventh District Court of Appeals reversed the denial of the entities plea to the
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Greg Abbott, Attorney General of the State of Texas v. City of Dallas, 03-13-00686-CV (Tex. App. – Austin December 23, 2014) This is a Public Information Act (“PIA”) lawsuit where the Austin Court of Appeals affirmed the trial court order allowing the
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City of Houston v Carleson, et al., 13-0435 (Tex. December 19, 2014) This is an inverse condemnation case where the Texas Supreme Court agreed with the trial court that the property owners failed to properly allege a taking. Park Memorial was a
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