City of San Antonio v. Rankin

LOPEZ, Justice.

This is an accelerated appeal of an order granting a temporary injunction. Appellees, plaintiffs below, are district fire chiefs for the City of San Antonio and, as such, are civil service employees. 1 The new amendments to the City’s Ethics Ordinance require them to file annual financial disclosure statements and annual financial involvement records with the City Clerk. See San Antonio, Tex., Ordinance 80329 (as amended by Ord. 81020 of Oct. 20, 1994). The data requested includes disclosures by the plaintiffs’ spouses as well. Failure to file timely complete documents subjects…