Legal Opinion
Guillaume v. City of Greenville
Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)
Decided March 6, 2008No. 05-06-01282-CVPublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Opinion by
Justice FITZGERALD.
Appellant Greg Guillaume sued his former employer, the City of Greenville, alleging that the City fired him in violation of the Texas Whistleblower Act and in violation of his rights under the First Amendment to the United States Constitution. He appeals a take-nothing summary judgment rendered against him. We affirm the dismissal of Guillaume’s Whistle-blower Act claim but reverse the dismissal of his First Amendment claim.
I. Background
A. Facts
The summary-judgment evidence, viewed in the light most favorable to Guill-aume, shows the following. He was…
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