Horrocks v. City of Grand Prairie

Jimmy Lynn Horrocks was suspended from his job as a policeman for the City of Grand Prairie. Horrocks appealed to the Civil Service Commission, which held a hearing and orally affirmed his suspension. A written decision was not provided as required by the Firemen’s and Policemen’s Civil Service Act. Vernon’s Ann.Civ.Stat. art. 1269m, § 16.

Horrocks filed suit in the district court and moved for summary judgment that the Commission’s decision was invalid because it was not written and filed within the time prescribed by the Act. The district court granted summary judgment for Horrocks, but the…