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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Via AP news wire

Justices say vet who lost job as Texas trooper can sue state

Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.

The Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed a former state trooper to sue Texas over his claim that he was forced out of his job when he returned from Army service in Iraq.

The justices ruled for Army veteran Le Roy Torres under a federal law that was enacted in 1994 in the wake of the Persian Gulf war to strengthen job protections for returning service members.

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