Moncrief v. Tate

OPINION

SPURLOCK, Justice.

Plaintiffs were civil service employees of Tarrant County, Texas. They were discharged from their positions as janitors-custodians at the end of 1976 on the theory that such employees’ positions were being abolished, whereas the Commissioners Court at the same time entered into a contract with an independent contracting firm to perform the same duties that had previ*942ously been performed by these county employees. The employees attempted, but failed to obtain relief through the Civil Service Commission, then, the employees filed suit in district court. This suit was…