Kirkwood v. City of Corsicana

OPINION

VANCE, Justice.

This appeal arose under chapter 143 of the Texas Local Government Code, entitled “Municipal Civil Service.” See Tex.Loc.Gov’t Code Ann. §§ 143.001-143.089 (Vernon 1988 & Supp.1994). It was brought by a police officer who was (1) indefinitely suspended by his chief; (2) temporarily suspended and placed on probation by the city’s civil service commission after he appealed to that body; (3) fired by the chief because he appealed to the district court; (4) permanently dismissed by the commission after the proceeding was remanded to it by the district court; and (5) denied…