| TERMINOLOGY : Suits by and against colleges | independent school district | university | educational institutions | teachers | educators | Texas Education Code | Tex. Educ. Code | teacher employment law | ISD litigation | contract non-renewal | termination of employment | employment discharge | adverse employment action | disciplinary actions | exhaustion of administrative remedies | internal grievance process | appeal to commissioner | prerequisites to suit Kessling v. Friendswood ISD (Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist.] Nov. 3, 2009)(Hedges) (suit alleging violations of the Texas Open Meetings Act (TOMA), Texas Public Information Act (TPIA), and Texas Education Code) AFFIRMED IN PART; REVERSED & REMANDED IN PART: Opinion by Chief Justice Hedges Before Chief Justice Hedges, Justices Brock Yates and Frost 14-07-01063-CV Nancy Kessling v. Friendswood Independent School District, and Patricia Hanks Appeal from 56th District Court of Galveston County Trial Court Judge: Lonnie Cox Dissenting Opinion by Justice Frost in Kessling v. Friendswood ISD Robinson v. Alief ISD (Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist.] Aug. 25, 2009) (public employment, school law) (school employee record expunction dispute, lack of jurisdiction due to mootness, no declaratory judgment on constitutional violations that have ceased, plaintiff no longer an employee subject to alleged unconstitutional conduct, opportunity to amend waived ) AFFIRMED: Opinion by Chief Justice Hedges Before Chief Justice Hedges, Justices Brock Yates and Frost 14-08-00949-CV Adrian Robinson v. Alief Independent School District and Louis Stoerner, In his Official Capacity Only Appeal from 80th District Court of Harris County Trial Court Judge: LYNN M. BRADSHAW-HULL Dissenting Opinion by Justice Frost in Adrian Robinson v. Alief Independent School District Larsen v. Santa Fe I.S.D. (Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist.] Jul. 28, 2009)(Boyce) (public employment, workers compensation retaliation, what is school law?, exhaustion of administrative remedies not required here) AFFIRMED: Opinion by Justice Boyce Before Justices Frost, Brown and Boyce) 14-07-01038-CV Erik Larsen v. Sante Fe Independent School District Appeal from 10th District Court of Galveston County Trial Court Judge: DAVID EDWARD GARNER Wood v. Texas Chiropractic College (Tex.App.- Houston [1st Dist.] July 24, 2008) (Jennings) (suit by student against private educational institution, DTPA, misrepresentation, no reliance shown, NE-SJ) AFFIRM TC JUDGMENT: Opinion by Justice Jennings Before Justices Taft and Jennings, The Honorable Hudson 01-07-00952-CV Kelly Wood v. Texas Chiropractic College Appeal from 190th District Court of Harris County Trial Court Judge: Hon. Jennifer Walker Elrod The University of Houston v. Barth (Tex.App. - Houston [1st Dist.] July 3, 2008) (Higley) (jury award in Whistleblower suit reversed, case remanded for retrial) REVERSE TC JUDGMENT AND REMAND CASE TO TC FOR FURTHER PROCEEDINGS: Opinion by Justice Higley Before Justices Nuchia, Alcala and Higley 01-06-00490-CV The University of Houston v. Stephen Barth Appeal from 113th District Court of Harris County Trial Court Judge: Hon. Patricia Hancock Dissenting Opinion by Justice Alcala O’Neil v. Ector ISD, No. 07-0084 (Tex. Mar. 28, 2008)(per curiam) (teacher contract dispute, exhaustion of administrative remedies, limitations) HELEN O'NEAL v. ECTOR COUNTY INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT; from Travis County; 11th district (11-06-00013-CV, 221 S.W.3d 286, 11-09-06) Pursuant to Texas Rule of Appellate Procedure 59.1, after granting the petition for review and without hearing oral argument, the Court affirms the court of appeals' judgment. Irannezhad v. Aldine ISD (Tex.App.- Houston [1st Dist.] Mar. 20, 2008)(Jennings) (property tax litigation, tax suit, delinquent taxes) AFFIRM TC JUDGMENT: Opinion by Justice Jennings 01-07-00794-CV Mohammad Irannezhad v. Aldine Independent School District (ISD) Appeal from 270th District Court of Harris County Trial Court Judge: Hon. Brent Gamble Looper v. HCCS (Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist.] Nov. 29, 2007)(Hedges) (public employment, breach of contract, defamation, intentional infliction of emotional distress, IIED, Whistleblower Act claim, WBA) AFFIRMED: Opinion by Chief Justice Hedges 14-07-00040-CV Stan H. Looper and Cynthia M. Scott v. Houston Community College System, Bruce Leslie, Diana Castillo, and Reynaldo Garay Appeal from 152nd District Court of Harris County (Hon. Ken P. Wise) Galveston ISD v. Jaco (Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist.] Nov. 15, 2007)(Hedges) (public employment, WBA, ILA dismissed DWOJ, arguments advanced by ISD in motion for summary judgment are not jurisdictional) DISMISSED: Opinion by Chief Justice Hedges 14-07-00313-CV Galveston Independent School District v. Brent Jaco Appeal from 56th District Court of Galveston County (Hon. Lonnie Cox) McCoy v. North Forest ISD (Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist.] Nov. 15, 2007)(per curiam) (workers compensation settlement judgment void, failure to follow statutory requirements, appellate procedure, motion to reinstate was late, denial not separately appealable, deadline for filing notice of appeal not extended, appeal dismissed as untimely for want of jurisdiction) DISMISSED: Per Curiam 14-07-00523-CV Barney L. McCoy v. North Forest independent School District and Janice Jackson Appeal from County Civil Court at Law No 3 of Harris County (Hon. Linda Storey) Alobaidi v. UTHSCH (Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist.] Oct. 30, 2007)(Frost) (public employment, retaliatory discharge) AFFIRMED: Opinion by Justice Frost Before Justices Anderson, Frost and Mirabal 14-06-00303-CV Josephine S. Alobaidi v. The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston Appeal from 190th District Court of Harris County (Hon. Jennifer Elrod) Prairie View A&M Univ. v. Dickens (Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist.] Oct. 30, 2007)(Frost) (jurisdiction, individual capacity claims, official capacity claims, sovereign immunity) AFFIRMED IN PART; REVERSED & REMANDED IN PART: Opinion by Justice Frost 14-06-00966-CV Prairie View A&M University, Doris Price, Individually and as Vice President of Prairie View A&M and George Wright, Individually and as President of Prairie View A&M University v. Brian Dickens Appeal from 164th District Court of Harris County (Hon. Martha Hill Jamison) Slade v. TSU (Tex.App.- Houston [1st Dist.] Aug. 30, 2007)(Nuchia) (higher education law, government employment, sovereign immunity to breach of contract suit) AFFIRM TC JUDGMENT: Opinion by Justice Nuchia Before Justices Nuchia, Keyes and Higley 01-06-00990-CV Priscilla D. Slade v. Texas Southern University Board of Regents Appeal from 61st District Court of Harris County (Judge John Donovan) Hitchcock v. Board of Trustees, Cypress I.S.D. (Tex.App.- Houston [1st Dist.] May 24, 2007)(Keyes) (education law, public employment case law, teachers, grievance) AFFIRM TC JUDGMENT: Opinion by Justice Keyes 01-06-00376-CV Judy Hitchcock v. Board of Trustees, Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District--Appeal from 280th District Court of Harris County (Judge Hon. Tony Lindsay) Kelley v. Humble Independent School District (ISD) (Tex.App.- Houston [1st Dist.] Mar. 29, 2007) (Alcala)(public employment disputes, teacher discrimination suit) Davis v. Houston Community College System (Tex.App.- Houston [1st Dist.] Jan. 25, 2007)(Alcala) (employment law, public employment, race discrimination] AFFIRM TC JUDGMENT: Opinion by Justice Alcala 01-04-01160-CV Patricia Davis v. Houston Community College System (HCCS) Appeal from 152nd District Court of Harris County (Hon. Kenneth P. Wise) |
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