Legal Opinion
City of Laredo v. Leal
Texas Court of Appeals, 4th District (San Antonio)
Decided February 11, 2005No. 04-03-00800-CVPublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Opinion by
SARAH B. DUNCAN, Justice.
The City of Laredo and its police chief, Agustín Dovalina, appeal the trial court’s summary judgment in favor of David Leal, a lieutenant in the Laredo Police Department. We hold the hearing examiner who heard Leal’s appeal had both the jurisdiction and the authority to reduce Leal’s indefinite suspension to a temporary 644-day suspension without pay. We therefore reverse this aspect of the trial court’s judgment and render a take-nothing judgment in favor of the City and Dovalina. We also hold the trial court erred in denying Dovalina’s motion for…
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