YSLETA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DIST. v. FRANCO

No. 13-0072.

417 S.W.3d 443 (2013)

YSLETA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, Petitioner, v. Marcelino FRANCO, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

December 13, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce A. Koehler , Steven L. Hughes , Mounce, Green, Myers, Safi, Paxson & Galatzan, P.C., El Paso, TX, for Petitioner Ysleta Independent School District.

Charles Mark Berry Jr. , El Paso, TX, for Respondent Marcelino Franco.


PER CURIAM.

This Whistleblower Act case raises a familiar issue: whether a report of alleged violations of law is jurisdictionally insufficient if made to someone charged only with internal compliance. TEX. GOV'T CODE § 554.001 et seq. A few months ago, in University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center v. Gentilello, we held that such reports cannot support an objective, good-faith belief that the reported-to official is an "appropriate law-enforcement...

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