Downs v. City of Fort Worth

OPINION

BURDOCK, Justice.

This is an appeal by a police officer who was suspended pursuant to the Firemen’s and Policemen’s Civil Service Act (Act). 1

We affirm.

R. Marshall Downs was indefinitely suspended on May 16, 1984, by the Chief of Police of the City of Fort Worth, Texas. Downs appealed the suspension to the Firemen’s and Policemen’s Civil Service Commission of the City of Fort Worth (Commission) which affirmed the action of the police chief. Downs then filed an action under the Uniform Declaratory Judgments Act, TEX.REV.CIV.STAT.ANN. art. 2524-1 (Vernon 1965), seeking an interpretation…