PRAIRIE VIEW A & M UNIVERSITY v. CHATHA

No. 10-0353.

381 S.W.3d 500 (2012)

PRAIRIE VIEW A & M UNIVERSITY, Petitioner, v. Diljit K. CHATHA, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Decided August 31, 2012.

Rehearing Denied November 16, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gregory C. Douglass , Gregory C. Douglass, P.C., Austin, TX, for Amicus Curiae George Lueck.

Clara B. Burns , Jose Abelardo Howard-Gonzalez , Kemp Smith LLP, El Paso, TX, for Amicus Curiae Texas Association of Business.

Beth Ellen Klusmann , Assistant Solicitor General, Daniel T. Hodge , First Asst. Attorney General, David C. Mattax , Director of Defense Litigation, David S. Morales , Deputy First Assistant Attorney General, Greg W. Abbott , Attorney General of Texas, Jonathan F. Mitchell , Solicitor General, Madeleine Connor , Assistant Attorney General, Ruth A. Hughes , Director of Defense Litigation, Thomas Matthew Lipovski , William (Bill) J. Cobb III , Deputy Atty. General for Civil Litigation, Office of the Attorney General, Austin, TX, Clarence Andrew Weber , Kelly Hart & Hallman LLP, Austin, TX, James C. Ho , Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Dallas, TX, for Petitioner Prairie View A&M University.

Brian J. Levy , Ellen Sprovach, Rosenberg & Sprovach, Houston, TX, for Respondent Diljit K Chatha.


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

The Texas Commission on Human Rights Act (TCHRA)1 is a comprehensive fair employment practices act and remedial scheme, modeled after Title VII of the federal Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VII),2

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