Legal Opinion

Mark Silguero and Amy Wolfe v. Csl Plasma, Incorporated

Texas Supreme Court

Decided June 28, 2019No. 18-1022PublishedCited by 90 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Green

In this opinion we consider two questions certified to this Court by the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals: (1) Is a plasma collection center a "public facility" under Texas Human Resources Code (THRC) section 121.002(5), and if so, (2) what standard applies for determining whether a public facility's rejection of a person with a disability constitutes impermissible discrimination under the THRC? We hold that a plasma collection center is a "public facility" under section 121.002(5). We further hold that a plasma collection center may reject a person with a disability-eliminating their…

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