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UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS v. GENTILELLO

No. 10-0582.

398 S.W.3d 680 (2013)

The UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER AT DALLAS, Petitioner, v. Larry M. GENTILELLO, M.D., Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Decided February 22, 2013.

Rehearing Denied May 3, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeremiah J. Anderson , Brantley David Starr , Michael W. Youtt , William Robert Burns , King & Spalding, LLP, Houston, TX, Reagan W. Simpson , YetterColeman LLP, Robert B. O'Keefe , General Litigation Division, Robert Francis `Rob' Johnson III , Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP, Bill Davis , Office of the Attorney General of Texas, Office of Solicitor General, Greg W. Abbott , Attorney General of Texas, Daniel T. Hodge , First Asst. Attorney General, Jonathan F. Mitchell , Solicitor General, Office of the Attorney General, William J. "Bill" Cobb III , Office of the Attorney General, Austin, TX, James C. Ho , Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Dallas, TX, for Petitioner the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas.

Cynthia Shea Goosen , Cooper & Scully PC, Sherman, TX, Charla G. Aldous , Aldous Law Firm, Diana L. Faust , R. Brent Cooper , Cooper & Scully, P.C., Jeffrey H. Rasansky , Rasansky Law Firm, Dallas, TX, for Respondent Larry M. Gentilello, M.D.

Justice WILLETT delivered the opinion of the Court.

The Texas Whistleblower Act bars retaliation against a public employee who reports his employer's or co-worker's "violation of law" to an "appropriate law enforcement authority" — defined as someone the employee "in good faith believes" can "regulate under or enforce" the law allegedly violated or "investigate or prosecute a violation of criminal law."

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