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CITY OF WACO v. LOPEZ

No. 06-0089.

259 S.W.3d 147 (2008)

CITY OF WACO, Texas, Petitioner, v. Robert LOPEZ, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Rehearing Denied August 29, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Enid Allyn Patterson Wade, Greg White, Naman Howell Smith & Lee, L.L.P., Waco, Bradley A. Areheart, DLA Piper U.S. LLP, Austin, TX, for Petitioner.

R. John Cullar, Cullar & McLeod LLP, Waco, TX, for Respondent.

Ramon G. Viada III, Viada & Strayer, The Woodlands, Rance L. Craft, Office of Attorney General, Austin, TX, for Amicus Curiae.

Justice WAINWRIGHT delivered the opinion of the Court.

The City of Waco appeals the denial of its plea to the jurisdiction in this Whistleblower Act suit filed by a former city employee, Robert Lopez, alleging retaliatory discharge for reporting age and race discrimination in violation of the City's EEO policy. We hold that the Texas Commission on Human Rights Act (CHRA), TEX. LAB.CODE §§ 21.001-.556, provides the exclusive state statutory remedy for Lopez...

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