Eckerdt v. Frostex Foods, Inc.

Appellant Jennifer Eckerdt appeals the district court’s order dismissing her suit against appellee Frostex Foods, Inc., for want of jurisdiction. Appellant filed suit in the district court alleging that appellee engaged in sexually discriminatory employment practices in violation of the Texas Commission on Human Rights Act, 1983 Tex.Gen.Laws, 1st C.S., ch. 7, §§ 1.01-10.-01, 10.04, 10.05, at 37 [Tex.Rev.Civ.Stat. art. 5221k, since amended] (the Act).

In her petition, appellant alleged that she had met all conditions precedent to jurisdiction under § 7.01 of the Act: (1) she filed a charge of…