Lubbock Professional Firefighters v. City of Lubbock

COUNTISS, Justice.

This is a declaratory judgment action instituted by Local 972 of the Lubbock Professional Firefighters, a union representing Lubbock firefighters, and Charles Alexander, a Lubbock fire department captain and a member of Local 972, against the City of Lubbock and the Lubbock Fire Department.1 The original petition and motion for temporary injunction challenged the City’s grievance procedure for public employees and asked the trial court to temporarily enjoin the City from refusing to allow Local 972 to represent its members in *415grievance matters. All relief requested by Local…