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Battin v. Samaniego

Texas Court of Appeals, 8th District (El Paso)

Decided June 22, 2000No. 08-98-00410-CVPublishedCited by 26 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

SUSAN LARSEN, Justice.

In this case, former deputies and detention officers with the El Paso County Sheriffs Department allege that Sheriff Leo Samaniego retaliated against them for filing workers’ compensation claims. 1 They are joined by their Sheriffs Deputies’ Association in appealing from a summary judgment favoring El Paso County Sheriff Leo Samaniego and El Paso County. We reverse and remand for trial.

FACTS

Defendant Leo Samaniego is El Paso County Sheriff. He was re-elected to a four-year term of office beginning January 1, 1997. Plaintiffs Carl Battin, Ernesto Cisneros, Jose De…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. Federal Sign v. Texas Southern UniversityTexas Supreme Court · 1997
  2. City of Lancaster v. ChambersTexas Supreme Court · 1994
  3. City of LaPorte v. BarfieldTexas Supreme Court · 1995
  4. Wadewitz v. MontgomeryTexas Supreme Court · 1997
  5. Brady v. Fort Bend CountyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1998

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3Cited by26 opinions

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  4. City of Arlington v. RandallCourt of Appeals of Texas · 2009
  5. Morgan v. City of Alvin, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)2004

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