Legal Opinion
Nuchia v. Tippy
Texas Court of Appeals, 12th District (Tyler)
Decided July 30, 1998No. 12-97-00268-CVPublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOLCOMB, Justice.
Appellants, the City of Houston and Chief of Police Sam Nuchia (“the City”), appeal an order granting summary judgment which upheld a hearing examiner’s award reinstating Appellee, James E. Tippy (“Tippy”), a discharged policeman. The City has assigned the following issues: 1) whether the examiner improperly applied existing law; or 2) exceeded his jurisdiction; and 3) what is the standard of review from an award of an examiner under Chapter 143 of the Texas Local Government Code. We conclude that the examiner properly applied the law, did not exceed his jurisdiction, and the…
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