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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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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Dallas Area Rapid Transit and Nancy K. Johnson v. Amalgamated Transit Union Local No. 1338, 05-14-00208-CV (Tex. App. – Dallas, November 25, 2014). This is an interlocutory appeal from the denial of a plea to the jurisdiction in a breach of contract
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BILLY EDWARD DAMUTH, II v. TRINITY VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE, et al., 13-0815(Tex. November 21, 2014)(Per Curiam.) This is a contractual immunity case involving an employment contract with the head women’s basketball coach of the school in which the Texas Supreme Court holds
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TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY v. ROSAENA RESENDEZ, 13-0094 (Tex. November 21, 2014)(Per Curiam.) This is a Texas Whistleblower case where an employee of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (“TCEQ”) allegedly reported illegal activity to her supervisors and to the office
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Angela Jo Carter v. Texas Department of Motor Vehicles, 13-13-00596-CV (Tex. App. – Corpus Christi, October 16, 2014). This is a Whistleblower Act case where the 13th Court of Appeals affirmed the granting of a plea to the jurisdiction for the Texas
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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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