Legal Opinion
City of McAllen v. Zellers
Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District
Decided March 22, 2007No. 13-06-470-CVPublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Opinion by
Justice BENAVIDES.
In this case, forty-four McAllen police officers (the “Officers”) filed suit against the City of McAllen (the “City”) claiming that the City failed to pay the Officers for “standby” duty. The City filed a plea to the jurisdiction asserting that the Officers failed to comply with the City’s grievance procedure, thereby depriving the district court of jurisdiction over their claims. The trial court denied the plea, and the City now appeals. Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code Ann. § 51.014(a)(8) (Vernon Supp. 2006) (permitting interlocutory appeal by governmental unit…
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