McGowan v. Housing Authority of New Orleans

ROSEMARY LEDET, Judge.

|, This is a retaliatory discharge suit. Chequita McGowan, a former public employee, commenced this suit against her former public employer, the Housing Authority of New Orleans (“HANO”). She alleged that HANO discharged her for speaking out on matters of public concern in violation of the right to freedom of expression under La. Const, art. I, § 7.1 From the trial court’s decision granting HANO’s peremptory exception of no cause of action and its motion for summary judgment, Ms. McGowan appeals. For the reasons that follow, we affirm.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

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