City of Rice, Texas v. Texas Commission on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Education, No. 03-10-00407-CV (Tex. App – Austin June 21, 2013). This is an F-5 police officer termination case. Officer McMahan was terminated from the City’s PD and the F-5
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University of Houston v Barth, NO. 12-0358 (Tex. June 14, 2013) This is a Texas Whistleblower case where the Texas Supreme Court, for the first time, interpreted part of the Act noting that a “law” includes a “rule adopted under a statute
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Juino v. Livingston Parish Fire District No. 5, No. 12-30274 (5th Cir. May 30, 2013). This is a Title VII case of first impression for the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals where the trial court ruled a volunteer firefighter was not an
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Employment Opportunity Commission v. Houston Funding II Ltd, et al., No. 12-20220 (5th Cir. May 30, 2013). This is a sex discrimination case under Title VII in which the EEOC was a party. The essential holding is that an employer cannot discriminate
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Haire v. Louisiana State University Agricultural and Mechanical College, No. 12-30290 (5th Cir. May 21, 2013) This is a gender discrimination case where Haire was a female major at the Louisiana State University (“LSU”) police department and alleges she was not promoted
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Gray v City of Galveston, NO. 14-12-00183-CV, (Tex. App. Houston [14th Dist.] May 21, 2013). This is a Texas Whistleblower Act case, where a police lieutenant in Galveston alleges he was retaliated against for reporting the Chief of Police to the
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City of Beaumont v Beaumont Professional Firefighters Local 399, NO. 14-12-00059-CV (Tex. App. – Houston [14th Dist.] April 30, 2013) This is related to an appeal from a hearing examiner’s award in which the trial court determined it did not have jurisdiction
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Raj v Louisiana State University, et al, No. 12-30225, (5th Cir. April 19, 2013). Rai was a professor of biochemistry and obstetrics and gynecology at Louisiana State University (“LSU”) and brought claims for discrimination based on his race, religion, national origin, age,
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Antoine v. First Student, Inc., No. 11-31126, 2013 WL 1457528, 2013 U.S. App. LEXIS 7273 (5th Cir. Apr. 10, 2013). This is a religious accommodation case. Antoine was a bus driver for First Student operating for the Orleans Parish. Antoine never experienced
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THE CITY OF ROUND ROCK v. RODRIGUEZ; No. 10-0666, (Tex. April 5, 2013) In a 6-3 decision, the Court holds that unionized Texas public-sector workers do not have the right to have union representation during an internal investigation interview. In 2008 the
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