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UPTON COUNTY, TEX. v. BROWN

No. 08-96-00378-CV.

960 S.W.2d 808 (1997)

UPTON COUNTY, Texas, Appellant, v. Larry Joe BROWN, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, El Paso.

Rehearing Overruled October 8, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. Rex Hall, Jr., Allison & Associates, Austin, for appellant.

Andrew Trusevich, Ford, Yungblut, White & Salazar, P.C., Dallas, David J. Guillory, Nacogdoches, for appellee.

Before BARAJAS, C.J., and LARSEN and McCLURE, JJ.

OPINION

BARAJAS, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from a finding by a jury that Appellant, Upton County, violated both the Texas Whistleblower Act and Appellee's, Larry Joe Brown, First Amendment rights. We affirm.

I. SUMMARY OF THE EVIDENCE

Appellee, Larry Joe Brown, an employee of Upton County, was terminated from employment on November 20, 1992. He filed suit on February 19, 1993 and subsequently died on March...

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