City plea was not a challenge to jurisdiction but an argument on merits so it should have been denied holds Amarillo Court of Appeals

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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Ping-Pong “me too” provisions in fire fighter and police collective bargaining agreements places City in the middle.

  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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County must deduct contributions to Association even though the payments went to a PAC says 4th Court of Appeals.

  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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