Supreme Court of Texas
Galveston Indep. Sch. Dist. v. Jaco, 09-0195
In plaintiff's action against a school district under the Texas Whistleblower Act, claiming that he was demoted from his position as a director of athletics and extracurricular activities for reporting a student's violations of the University Interscholastic League's (UIL) eligibility rules to officials, trial court's denial of defendant's motion for dismissal for lack of jurisdiction is reversed and remanded as, the elements of Tex. Gov Code section 554.002(a) can be considered to determine both jurisdiction and liability, and thus, whether the reporting of a violation of UIL rules and regulations to the UIL is a good-faith report of a violation of law to an appropriate law-enforcement authority is a jurisdictional question.
Appellate Information
- Decided 02/12/2010
- Published 02/12/2010
Judges
- PER CURIAM.
Court
- Supreme Court of Texas
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- Kevin D. Jewell, William S. Helfand, Barbara E. Roberts, Clay T. Grover and Paul Andrew Lamp, for Galveston Independent School District., Syd Phillips, for Brent Jaco.