CITY OF HOUSTON FIRE FIGHTERS' v. Morris

I respectfully dissent.

The purpose of controlling rule Tex. Loc. Govt.Code Ann. § 143.015(a) (Vernon 1988) is to give 10 days notice to the policeman in order that he will have time to prepare an appeal if he so desires. The majority opinion would give Morris only two days to appeal as time would have expired on September 12, 1993, two days after he received the Decision. This would be unfair, unreasonable and absurd. This is not what is intended by the statute. It would violate Morris’ right to due process under the 14th Amendment. *480Mullane v. Central Hanover Bank & Trust, 339 U.S. 306, 70…