Legal Opinion

Cote v. Rivera

Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)

Decided March 8, 1995No. 03-94-00075-CVPublishedCited by 33 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

KIDD, Justice.

Appellant Cheryl Coté filed a wrongful termination suit against appellees Shirley Rivera, Linda Green, Steve Robinson, and Travis County. The trial court granted ap-pellees’ second motion for summary judgment. Coté appeals the order. The primary issue on appeal is whether Coté had a property interest in her job or whether she was an at-will employee of Travis County. We will affirm the summary judgment.

BACKGROUND

Coté worked at the Travis County Juvenile Court Department as a clerk in the accounting section. Appellee Steve Robinson was the Chief Juvenile Probation Officer.…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. Nixon v. Mr. Property Management Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1985
  2. Twyman v. TwymanTexas Supreme Court · 1993
  3. City of Beaumont v. BouillionTexas Supreme Court · 1995
  4. Wornick Co. v. CasasTexas Supreme Court · 1993
  5. East Line & Red River Railroad v. ScottTexas Supreme Court · 1888

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3Cited by33 opinions

  1. Burden v. General Dynamics Corp.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1995
  2. Texas State Employees Union/CWA Local 6184 v. Texas Workforce Commission, Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)2000
  3. Abbott v. Pollock, Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)1997
  4. Kenneth R. McDonald v. City of Corinth, Texas Don Brooks Robert Capewell Lorna Kithil Shirley Spellerberg Kevin TapplyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1996
  5. Gamble v. Gregg County, Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)1996

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