Legal Opinion
Tramel R. Bracey v. City of Killeen, Texas And Police Chief Dennis Baldwin
Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)
Decided November 6, 2013No. 03-12-00199-CVPublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BOB PEMBERTON, Justice.
This appeal presents two sets of issues regarding statutes that govern the employment relationship between Texas police officers and the municipalities they serve. First, we must address the scope of the subject-matter jurisdiction that the Legislature has conferred upon Texas courts to review the decisions of independent hearing examiners under the Civil Service Act. 1 Second, assuming we determine that Texas courts have jurisdiction to reach the question in the context of an appeal from a hearing examiner’s decision, we must consider the relationship between…
2Cases cited49 opinions
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- McConnell v. Southside Independent School DistrictTexas Supreme Court · 1993
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3Cited by19 opinions
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- City of New Braunfels Jan Kotylo, in Her Official Capacity Pat Clifton, in His Official Capacity And Fritz Welsch, in His Official Capacity v. Joseph Tovar, Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)2015
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