At a Jan. 12 hearing, visiting Judge Vicki Isaacks of Denton County set a March 2 trial date for Cayce Coskey v. Dallas County , in which a former court reporter has sued Dallas County.

Coskey alleges in her July 25, 2006, petition that Sally Montgomery, judge of Dallas County Court-at-Law No. 3, wrongfully terminated her employment in violation of the Texas Whistleblower Act, §554.001 of the Texas Government Code, after Coskey had a dispute with the judge. Montgomery is not a defendant in the suit but is a subpoenaed witness.