Legal Opinion
Thomas v. Clayton Williams Energy, Inc.
Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)
Decided September 23, 1999No. 14-98-00583-CVPublishedCited by 77 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
LESLIE BROCK YATES, Justice.
Vincent Thomas, appellant, appeals a summary judgment granted in favor of Clayton Williams Energy, Inc., et al. (“CWEI”), appellees, in his discrimination and retaliation action. CWEI is an oil company active in exploring and drilling for oil and gas. Thomas, one of CWEI’s two African-American employees, worked for CWEI as a “roustabout,” an outdoor manual laborer, from January 1993 to June 1995. Thomas alleges that beginning in the spring of 1993, CWEI supervisors initiated a campaign of racial harassment and discrimination against him, which caused him to…
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