Neighborhood Centers Inc. v. Doreatha Walker

• Court: Court of Appeals of Texas
• Decided: May 24, 2018
• Docket: 01-14-00844-CV
• Status: Published

Opinion

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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF TEXAS

NO. 16-0897

NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS INC., PETITIONER

V.

DOREATHA WALKER, RESPONDENT

MANDATE

To the Trial Court of Harris County, Greetings: Before our Supreme Court on April 13, 2018, the Cause, upon petition for review, to revise or reverse your Judgment. No. 16-0897 in the Supreme Court of Texas No. 01-14-00844-CV in the First Court of Appeals No. 2014-37034 in the 80th District Court of Harris County, Texas, was determined; and therein our said Supreme Court entered its judgment or order in these words:

THE SUPREME COURT OF TEXAS, having heard this cause on petition for review from the Court of Appeals for the First District, and having considered the appellate record, briefs, and counsel’s argument, concludes that the court of appeals’ judgment should be reversed.

IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED, in accordance with the Court’s opinion, that:

1) The court of appeals’ judgment is reversed;

2) Judgment is rendered for Petitioner Neighborhood Centers that Respondent Walker’s retaliation claim under the Whistleblower Act is dismissed and that Walker take nothing; and

3) Petitioner Neighborhood Centers shall recover, and Respondent Walker shall pay, the costs incurred in this Court and in the court of appeals.

Copies of this judgment and the Court’s opinion are certified to the Court of Appeals for the First District and to the District Court of Harris County, Texas, for observance.

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Wherefore we command you to observe the order of our said Supreme Court in this behalf, and in all things to have recognized, obeyed, and executed. BY ORDER OF THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF TEXAS, with the seal thereof annexed, at the City of Austin, this the 24th day of May, 2018. Blake A. Hawthorne, Clerk

By Monica Zamarripa, Deputy Clerk

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