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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Richard Zambrana v. City of Amarillo, 07-13-00058-CV (Tex. App. – Amarillo, October 8, 2014) This is a civil service case regarding a firefighter where the Amarillo Court of Appeals reversed the granting of a plea to the jurisdiction and sent the case
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Christopher Jenkins v. City of Cedar Park, Texas, 03-13-00215-CV (Tex. App. – Austin, July 24, 2014). This is a Chapter 143 civil service appeal from an indefinite suspension of a fire fighter where the Austin Court of Appeals affirmed the City’s plea
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CITY OF HOUSTON v. SHAYN A. PROLER, 12-1006, –S.W.3d — (Tex. June 6, 2014) This is a disability discrimination case where the Court held that a firefighter who refuses to fight fires does not have a “disability” under either state or
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Chad Thompson v. City of Waco, Texas and Fire Chief John D. Johnston, 04-13-00460-CV (Tex. App. – San Antonio, May 30, 2014)(transferred from 10th COA pursuant to Supreme Court Order 13-9097). This is a civil service dispute where the trial court ruled
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CITY OF BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS v. MARCO LONGORIA AND THE BROWNSVILLE FIRE FIGHTERS’ ASSOCIATION, 13-12-00224-CV (Tex. App. – Corpus Christi, April 3, 2014) This is a collective bargaining case where the fire fighter’s association attempted to invoke a provision allowing it to
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Orange Association of Fire Fighters v. The City of Orange, et al 14-13-00061-CV (Tex. App. – Houston [14th Dist.], March 6, 2014). This is a collective bargaining case where the trial court held a grievance was not subject to the CBA’s
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Harris County Sheriff’s Civil Service Commission v. Louis Guthrie 14-12-00474-CV (Tex. App. – Houston [14th Dist.], February 13, 2014) This is an appeal from a district court order reversing the Harris County Sheriff’s Civil Service Commission’s order affirming the termination of
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City of Austin v. Raymond E. Chandler, et al., 03-12-00057-CV (Tex. App. – Austin, February 7, 2014) This is an age discrimination case where several public safety officers over 40 sued the City of Austin when they lost rank and years of
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Bexar County Texas v. Deputy Sheriff’s Association of Bexar County, 04-13-00316-CV (Tex. App. – San Antonio, January 22, 2014). This is an appeal from a declaratory action judgment where the trial court ordered the County to make certain payroll deductions which
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