City of Waco v. Kelley

PROLOGUE

Dear City of Waco,

Congratulations, you have prevailed on your legal argument that the hearing examiner’s judgment reducing Kelley’s indefinite suspension to only 180 days and demoting him to sergeant was not authorized. Because you prevailed, he is not demoted and you have to take him back as a commander. You were victorious in this battle, so you lost the war.

Sincerely,

A majority of the Justices on the Tenth Court of Appeals

Overview

This is an appeal of a civil service hearing examiner’s judgment which reduced the time of a suspension from indefinitely to 180 days and demoted the…