City of Houston v. Cotton

How courts have described this case

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• holding that appellate court will uphold the trial court’s special-appearance ruling if it can be sustained based on any conclusions of law supported by the evidence
• holding plaintiff presented no evidence to establish why reasonably prudent employee with her experience would have believed illegal conduct had occurred
• discounting “second-level hearsay” as providing reasonable basis for good faith belief a violation of law had occurred
• requiring appellate court to uphold judgment on any correct legal theory supported by findings of fact
• noting Whistleblower Act plaintiff failed to explain how alleged actions violated cited statute

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