Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport Board v. Funderburk

OPINION

SUE WALKER, Justice.

I. Introduction

The primary issue we address in this appeal is whether Appellant Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport Board (DFW Board) is immune from suit for alleged violations of the Texas Commission on Human Rights Act (TCHRA or the Act). See Tex. Lab.Code Ann. § 21.002(8)(D) (Vernon Supp.2005), §§ .051, .106, .252, .254 (Vernon 1996). 1 Because we hold that Appellant falls within the TCHRA’s definition of “employer” as a “state instrumentality” and because the TCHRA waives sovereign immunity from suit as to the entities defined by the Act as employers, we…