County of Dallas v. Wiland

in which Justice WAINWRIGHT, Justice GREEN, Justice JOHNSON, and Justice WILLETT joined.

Three deputy constables covered by Dallas County’s civil service system contend that the County terminated their employment without just cause and without a hearing, thereby denying them substantive and procedural due process in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution,1 and entitling them to actual damages under the Civil Rights Act of 18712 (to which we refer as “section *3471988”). The trial court granted partial summary judgment for the deputies on liability issues and…