Legal Opinion
City of Houston v. Leach
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided September 26, 1991No. A14-90-00013-CVPublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
CANNON, Justice.
Richard Leach is a self-confessed whist-leblower. He contends, and the jury agreed, that he was fired from his job with the City of Houston’s Solid Waste Management Department in violation of the “Texas Whistleblower Act” and the first amendment because he in good faith reported a violation of law to an appropriate law enforcement authority. The city and its Director of Solid Waste Management, Ulysses Ford, appeal from the jury’s verdict and bring seven points of error complaining of the sufficiency of the evidence, the admission of certain evidence, and error in the…
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