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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The City of Sugar Land v. Leon Kaplan, 14-14-00292-CV (Tex. App. Houston [14th], October 16, 2014). This is an age/disability discrimination case where the 14th District held the Plaintiff was required to assert his claim in an administrative complaint filed within 180
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Killingsworth, Jerry v. The Housing Authority of the City of Dallas, 05-12-00524-CV (Tex. App. – Dallas, October 14, 2014). This is a breach of contract, §1981 (race) and §1983 (due process) case in an employment dispute in which case the Dallas Court
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Patrice Barnes v. The Texas A&M University System and Praire View A&M University, 14-13-00646-CV (Tex. App. – Houston [14th Dist.], September 30, 2014). This is an employment discrimination, hostile work environment, retaliation case where the Houston Court of Appeals reversed in part
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Thompson v. City of Waco No. 13-50718 (5th Cir. September 3, 2014) This is a racial discrimination employment case where the Fifth Circuit reversed a dismissal by the trial court and remanded. Thompson is an African American detective in the Waco Police
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Fred Beebe v. City of San Antonio Through its agent, City Public Service Board of San Antonio d/b/a CPS Energy, 04-13-00134-CV (Tex. App. – San Antonio, September 10, 2014) This is an employment discrimination/retaliation case based on race, color and age. The
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CITY OF HOUSTON v. SHAYN A. PROLER, 12-1006, –S.W.3d — (Tex. June 6, 2014) This is a disability discrimination case where the Court held that a firefighter who refuses to fight fires does not have a “disability” under either state or
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City of Austin v. Raymond E. Chandler, et al., 03-12-00057-CV (Tex. App. – Austin, April 18, 2014). This is a substituted opinion for one the court issued on February 7, 2014. The original summary and opinion can be found here. Essentially, several
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Texas Department of Aging and Disability Services v. Esther Iredia, 01-13-00469-CV (Tex. App. – Houston [1st Dist.], March 6, 2014). This is an interlocutory appeal from the denial of a plea to the jurisdiction by Texas Department of Aging and Disability Services
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Adolfo F. Rodriguez v. City of Poteet, 04-13-00274-CV (Tex. App. – San Antonio, February 26, 2014) This is an age discrimination and retaliation case where the trial court granted the City’s traditional motion for summary judgment and the 4th Court of
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