the City of Fort Worth v. Cecilia Jacobs

OPINION

SUE WALKER, Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND FACTS

This is an interlocutory appeal by Appellant the City of Fort Worth from the trial court’s order that granted in part and denied in part the City’s plea to the jurisdiction. Based on allegedly discriminatory and unconstitutional employment practices, Appellee Cecilia Jacobs filed suit against the City asserting, in addition to other claims not at issue here, violations of her rights under the Texas constitution to due process, equal protection, and free speech. Although the trial court granted the City’s plea to the jurisdiction…