Mealey's (December 5, 2016, 3:04 PM EST) -- NEW ORLEANS — A Texas attorney who claims that a Texas appellate court chief justice halted his hiring by another judge in retaliation for the attorney filing a disciplinary complaint with the State Commission on Judicial Conduct alleging malfeasance by the chief justice may proceed with his retaliation suit against the chief justice, a split Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel ruled Nov. 9 (Bruce M. Anderson v. Rogelio Valdez, No. 15-40836, 5th Cir.; 2016 U.S. App. LEXIS 20239)....