Texas a & M University, Corpus Christi v. Vanzante

OPINION

Opinion by

Justice GARZA.

This is an appeal from the denial of a plea to the jurisdiction. Appellee, Neal Vanzante, sued appellant, Texas A & M University, Corpus Christi, for employment discrimination under the Texas Commission on Human Rights Act (“the Act”). See Tex. Lab.Code Ann. § 21.001, et seq. (Vernon 1996). Appellant subsequently filed a plea to the jurisdiction, arguing that the trial court lacked subject matter jurisdiction because appellee did not file an administrative complaint within one hundred and eighty days of the alleged unlaw ful employment practice as required by…