QUANTUM CHEMICAL CORP. v. TOENNIES

No. 99-1042.

47 S.W.3d 473 (2001)

QUANTUM CHEMICAL CORPORATION, Petitioner, v. Ralf TOENNIES, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Decided March 8, 2001.

Rehearing Overruled May 24, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Levon G. Hovnatanian, The Holman Law Firm, P.C., Linda L.S. Moroney, Houston, for Appellant.

Thomas Wilson, Christopher V. Bacon, Anissa Maria Albro, Vinson & Elkins L.L.P., Houston, for Appellee.


Chief Justice PHILLIPS delivered the opinion of the Court, joined by Justice ENOCH, Justice BAKER, Justice HANKINSON, and Justice O'NEILL.

In this age discrimination suit brought under the Texas Commission on Human Rights Act ("TCHRA"), we must decide what standard of causation a plaintiff must meet. The relevant parts of the TCHRA are patterned after Title VII of the federal Civil Rights Act. Thus, we would ordinarily look to federal precedents for interpretative...

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