Legal Opinion
College of the Mainland v. Douglas Meneke
Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)
Decided January 23, 2014No. 14-12-01056-CVPublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
WILLIAM J. BOYCE, Justice.
College of the Mainland appeals from an order denying its plea to the jurisdiction seeking dismissal of a retaliatory discharge suit filed under Chapter 554 of the Texas Government Code by former employee Douglas Meneke. We reverse the trial court’s order and render judgment that this suit must be dismissed because Me-neke’s claim is barred by governmental immunity and the trial court therefore lacks subject matter jurisdiction.
BACKGROUND
Meneke began working as the college’s director of Enterprise Resource Planning in October 2007. He has a bachelor’s degree…
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