Fincher v. City of Texarkana

CORNELIUS, Chief Justice.

Lt. Bill Fincher of the Texarkana, Texas police was indefinitely suspended from the force by the police chief. He was notified of the suspension by letter which attached a statement of the reasons for the action. Lt. Fincher appealed the suspension to the Tex-arkana Civil Service Commission which held a hearing and then entered an order sustaining the chief’s action. Fincher then appealed to the District Court of Bowie County. After a trial de novo, the district court affirmed the civil service commission’s order. Lt. Fincher has appealed that decision to this Court,…