HILLMAN v. NUECES COUNTY

No. 17-0588.

579 S.W.3d 354 (2019)

Eric D. HILLMAN, Petitioner, v. NUECES COUNTY, Texas and Nueces County District Attorney's Office, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Opinion delivered: March 15, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Amie Augenstein , Christopher John Gale , Gale Law Group, PLLC, Corpus Christi, for Petitioner.

Jeffrey R. Pruitt , Jenny Cron , Laura Garza Jimenez , Nueces County Attorney's Office, Corpus Christi, for Respondents.


A former assistant district attorney filed this suit alleging that the county wrongfully terminated his employment because he refused his supervisor's order to withhold exculpatory evidence from a criminal defendant. The trial court dismissed the suit for lack of jurisdiction, and the court of appeals...

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