TEXAS DEPT. OF HUMAN SERVICES v. OKOLI

No. 01-07-00103-CV.

263 S.W.3d 275 (2007)

TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES, Appellant, v. Oliver OKOLI, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Houston (1st Dist.).

June 28, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Russ Wayne Harris, Office of Attorney General, Austin, for Appellant.

Okon J. Usoro, Okon J. Usoro, P.C., Houston, for Appellee.

Oliver Okoli, Alief, pro se.

Panel consists of Justices TAFT, JENNINGS, and ALCALA.


OPINION

TIM TAFT, Justice.

Appellant, the Texas Department of Human Services ("TDHS"), appeals from an interlocutory order denying its plea to the jurisdiction asserted against the claims of appellee, Oliver Okoli. We determine (1) whether TDHS's challenges to Okoli's claim under the Texas Whistleblower Act1 are truly jurisdictional challenges, so that they may be raised by jurisdictional plea, and (2) whether Okoli's claims...

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