Appeals Court: Kearney’s Discrimination Lawsuit Against Texas Can Continue

A Texas state appeals court has handed a partial victory to a former track coach at the University of Texas at Austin (UT), who sued the flagship university for discrimination after it sought to terminate her contract three years ago.   In short, the justice found that the university failed to present “any evidence whatsoever” in trying to overturn the trial court’s ruling that the claim of former UT track coach Bev Kearney could continue based on disparate treatment, or that she was