Legal Opinion
Texas Parks & Wildlife Department v. Dearing
Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)
Decided February 5, 2004No. 03-03-00131-CVPublishedCited by 55 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BEA ANN SMITH, Justice.
This is an interlocutory appeal from the denial of a plea to the jurisdiction and the certification of a class action asserting disparate-impact liability for age discrimination under the Texas Commission on Human Rights Act (the “Act”). See Tex. Lab.Code Ann. § 21.051 (West 1996). Ap-pellees Milburn Dearing, Kenneth Head, Mike Warren, and others (collectively Dearing) 1 brought a class-action lawsuit against their employer, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, asserting breach of contract and age discrimination resulting from the Department’s…
2Cases cited31 opinions
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3Cited by55 opinions
- University of Texas v. Poindexter, Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)2009
- Texas Parks & Wildlife Department v. Dearing, Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)2007
- Texas Department of Criminal Justice v. Cooke, Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)2004
- Texas Department of Public Safety v. Alexander, Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)2009
- Lueck v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)2010
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