The State of Texas and the Texas Department of Transportation, Petitioners v. George Lueck, Respondent

Summary

The Court held that Lueck’s pleadings affirmatively negated subject-matter jurisdiction because his email reported anticipated regulatory noncompliance rather than a violation of law and was sent to a supervisor who was not an appropriate law-enforcement authority. Because the Whistleblower Act’s immunity waiver extends only to claims alleging a violation of the Act, the State’s sovereign immunity was not waived. The Court reversed the court of appeals and dismissed the case for lack of subject-matter jurisdiction.