Agency, Constitutional Challenge, Declaratory Judgments, Employment Law, Finance, Injunction

Texas Supreme Court holds pension board’s amendment to deferred retirement option account was not unconstitutional

Eddington v Dallas Police and Fire Penson Systems, et al.,   17-0058, (Tex. March 8, 2019) This is a statutory construction case where the Texas Supreme Court held the City of Dallas’s amendment to its pension plan did not violate the Texas Constitution.
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Declaratory Judgments, Employment Law, Injunction, TOMA

School District substantially complied with TOMA even though it had a glitch with website postings for five months, says Amarillo Court of Appeals

Rebecca Terrell and Chandrashekhar Thanedar v. Pampa Independent School District, 07-17-00189-CV (Tex. App. – Amarillo, January 9, 2019). This is a Texas Open Meetings Act (“TOMA”) case where the Amarillo Court of Appeals affirmed a take-nothing judgment in favor of the Pampa
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Constitutional Challenge, Contracts, Declaratory Judgments, Discrimination, Employment Law, Injunction, Litigation, Mandamus, Nuisance, Retaliation, Separation of Powers, Sovereign Immunity, Takings, TTCA, Whistleblower

December 2018 Condensed Summaries

The problem with December is courts try to get cases off their desk prior to the holiday break. Clients like to get stuff resolved before the holiday break. Which means a lot of stuff happens in December preventing me from keeping up
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Contracts, Employment Law, Litigation, Procedure, Retaliation, Whistleblower

Order granted County’s plea to the jurisdiction reversed by 13th Court of Appeals in Whistleblower Act case

Leticia Perez v. Cameron County and Juan A. Gonzalez 13-17-00581-CV (Tex. App. – Corpus Christi & Edinburg, November 15, 2018). This is a Texas Whistleblower Act case where the Thirteenth Court of Appeals reversed and remanded the order granting the County’s plea
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