Legal Opinion
Texas Department of Public Safety v. Leroy Torres
Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District
Decided November 20, 2018No. 13-17-00659-CVPublished
1Opinion of the Court
NUMBER 13-17-00659-CV COURT OF APPEALS THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS CORPUS CHRISTI - EDINBURG TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY, Appellant, v. LEROY TORRES, Appellee. On appeal from the County Court at Law No. 1 of Nueces County, Texas. OPINION Before Justices Contreras, Benavides, and Longoria Opinion by Justice Contreras In this case of first impression, we are asked whether sovereign immunity bars claims by private individuals against units of state government under the federal Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994 (USERRA). See 38 U.S.C.A. §§ 4301–4335 (West,…
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