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TEXAS DEPT. OF TRANSP. v. NEEDHAM

No. 01-0383.

82 S.W.3d 314 (2002)

TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, Petitioner, v. Eddie William NEEDHAM, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Delivered May 9, 2002.

Rehearing Denied September 12, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Julie Caruthers Parsley, Office of Solicitor Gen. of Texas, John Cornyn, Jeffrey S. Boyd, Philip A. Lionberger, Katherine E. Kasten, Cavitt Wendlandt, Danica Lynn Milios, Office of Attys Gen. of Texas, Howard G. Baldwin, First Asst. Atty. Gen., Austin, for petitioner.

John Judge, Judge & Brim, Mark W. Robinett, Jefferson K. Brim, III, Brim Arnette & Robinett, Austin, for respondent.

Justice BAKER delivered the opinion of the Court.

In this Texas Whistleblower Act suit we determine whether the Texas Department of Transportation is an appropriate law enforcement authority to which a public employee may report an alleged driving while intoxicated incident. If TxDOT is not, we must determine whether the public employee had a good faith belief that it was an appropriate law enforcement authority. The trial court rendered judgment based on the jury...

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