Supreme Court of Texas

In a tenured professor's suit against the University of Houston under the Whistleblower Act claiming retaliation for reporting contracting and accounting irregularities to University officials, the court of appeals' holding judgment is reversed and remanded to determine whether, under the analysis set forth in State v. Lueck, 290 S.W.3d 876 (Tex. 2009), plaintiff's claims meet the Whistleblower Act's jurisdictional elements for suit against a governmental entity, and thus, whether the trial court had jurisdiction over the suit.

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/11/2010
• Published 06/11/2010

Judges

• PER CURIAM.

Court

• Supreme Court of Texas

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• David S. Morales, Shelley Dahlberg, Peter B. Plotts III, Jose Manuel Rangel, Office of the Attorney General of Texas, Robert B. O'Keefe, General Litigation Division, Austin TX, for Petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• J.W. Beverly, Dow Golub Berg & Beverly, LLP, Richard A. Battaglia, Richard A. Battaglia, P.C., Houston TX, for Respondent.