Sonya Thorn Lopez v. Texas State University, Sherri H. Benn, and Stella Silva

OPINION

J. WOODFIN JONES, Chief Justice.

Sonya Thorn Lopez sued Texas State University (“TSU”), alleging race discrimination and retaliation in violation of the Texas Commission on Human Rights Act (“TCHRA”). See Tex. Lab. Code Ann. §§ 21.051, .055 (West 2006).1 TSU filed a plea to the jurisdiction, asserting that Lopez failed to exhaust her administrative remedies as to her retaliation and race-discrimination claims because she checked only the boxes for national-origin and sex discrimination on the charge of discrimination she submitted to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”)…