The City of Austin Firefighters’ and police Officers’ Civil Service Commission, et al v William M. Stewart, No. 03-15-00591-CV (Tex. App. – Austin, April 14, 2016) This is a civil service employment dispute where the Austin Court of Appeals reversed the denial
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Captain Edwin Scott Hilburn v. The City of Houston, Texas; and Ken Paxton, Attorney General of Texas 07-15-00158-CV (Tex. App. – Amarillo, January 21, 2016). This is a Public Information Act (“PIA”) case involving promotional examination documentation. The City conducted the Houston
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Stephanie Hoskins Brown v. The City of Georgetown, et al. 03-14-00231-CV (Tex. App. – Austin, September 22, 2015) This is a civil service case where the threshold question is whether an officer’s termination was disciplinary in nature or the result of her
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City of New Braunfels et al v. Joseph Tovar, 03-14-00693-CV (Tex. App. – Austin, May 7, 2015) This is a Civil Service Act interlocutory appeal where the trial court affirmed the denial of the City’s plea to the jurisdiction arising out of
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City of San Antonio v. Gerard Cortes, 04-14-00301-CV (Tex. App. – San Antonio, April 29, 2015) This is a civil service/collective bargaining case involving the City’s motion to compel arbitration which the court of appeals agreed should be granted. The Collective Bargaining
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City of Del Rio v. Daniel Jalomos, 04-14-00381-CV (Tex. App. – San Antonio, April 22, 2015)( mem. Op.) This is a civil service case where the Fourth Court of Appeals affirmed the dismissal of a suit filed by the City seeking judicial
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Jamil Saifi v. City of Texas City, 14-13-00815-CV (Tex. App. – Houston [1st Dist.], April 21, 2015), mem. Op. This is a civil service/collective bargaining case involving a firefighter where the First District Court of Appeals reversed the granting of the City’s
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Richard Stubbs v. The City of Weslaco, et al., 13-14-00054-CV (Tex. App. — Corpus Christi, January 8, 2015). This is an appeal from the dismissal of a mandamus action where the 13th Court of Appeals reversed the dismissal and ordered the trial
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Harris County, Texas v. Kenneth Bankhead, 01-13-01005-CV (Tex. App. – Houston [1st Dist.], December 30, 2014) This is an interlocutory appeal from the denial of a plea to the jurisdiction in a race discrimination employment case. The First District Court of
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Michael Hamilton v. Mark Washington, in his Capacity as City of Austin Civil Service Director, et al., 03-11-00594-CV (Tex. App. Austin, December 23, 2014) This is an appeal from the granting of a plea to the jurisdiction in a civil service indefinite
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