Bexar County Civil Service Commission v. Casals

Opinion by

TOM RICKHOFF, Justice.

In this civil service case, we are asked to determine whether the trial court properly reversed an adverse decision by the appellant, Bexar County Civil Service Commission, against appellee, Louis Casals. We hold that the Commission violated Casals’s substantial rights by entering an order in excess of its authority; therefore, we affirm the trial court’s judgment.

PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

Casals is a Deputy with the Bexar County Constable’s office, Precinct Two. On March 31, 1999, Casals filed a grievance, alleging he had been improperly downgraded on his last…