MISSION INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DIST. v. GARCIA

No. 10-0802.

372 S.W.3d 629 (2012)

MISSION CONSOLIDATED INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, Petitioner, v. Gloria GARCIA, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Decided June 29, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David P. Hansen , Eric Enoch Munoz , Schwartz Eichelbaum Wardell Mehl and Hansen, PC, Austin, TX, for Mission Consolidated Independent School District.

Savannah Robinson , Law Office of Savannah Robinson, Danbury, TX, for Gloria Garcia.

Katherine Butler , Houston, TX, Daniel B. Kohrman , AARP Foundation Litigation, Washington, DC, John P. Mobbs , El Paso, TX, for Amicus Curiae AARP.

John P. Mobbs , El Paso, TX, for Amicus Curiae Gumercindo Castanon.


Justice WILLETT delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Justice HECHT, Justice WAINWRIGHT, Justice GREEN, Justice JOHNSON, and Justice GUZMAN joined.

This case raises a fundamental question of discrimination law: Can a plaintiff establish a prima facie case of age discrimination when undisputed evidence shows she was replaced by someone older? While the answer may seem obvious, courts in this state and the federal judiciary alike are anything but uniform in their...

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