Officer waived his right to appeal in last chance agreement so trial court was without jurisdiction said Austin Court of Appeals

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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Amarillo Court of Appeals overrules AG opinion and holds civil service video examinations are excepted from public disclosure under collective bargaining agreement

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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Officer’s termination based on DA’s decision not to accept her cases was disciplinary in nature under Civil Service Act says 3rd Court of Appeals

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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Firefighter collaterally estopped from challenging compelled arbitration for health benefits says San Antonio Court of Appeals

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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Firefighter permitted to replead to establish jurisdiction for dispute over pre-employment contract to civil service job

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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Civil Service Director ordered to submit appeal to independent hearing examiner, but City immune from damages

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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Sergeant’s offered comparators we not “nearly identical” to support discrimination claim says 1st Court of Appeals

  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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City not liable for back pay or reinstatement for initially failing to provide a hearing with hearing examiner but court has jurisdiction to issue prospective relief if appropriate

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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