Cote v. Rivera
Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)
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.…
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