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Samaniego v. Arguelles

Texas Court of Appeals, 8th District (El Paso)

Decided August 19, 1987No. 08-86-00334-CVPublishedCited by 21 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

WOODARD, Justice.

This is an appeal from a mandamus requiring the sheriff of El Paso County to reinstate Appellees to their former positions of deputy sheriffs, with full salaries and benefits. We reverse and vacate the mandamus.

Appellees Arguelles and Ontiveros were detention officers and had missed 220 and 253 workdays, respectively, due to work-related injuries. Appellees received termination letters indicating the jail was understaffed. The jail had been held out of compliance with the provisions of the Texas Commission on Jail Standards due to being understaffed. If not properly…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Tarrant County v. SmithCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1935
  2. Murray v. HarrisCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1938
  3. American Canal Co. of Texas v. Dow Chemical Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1964
  4. International Service Insurance Company v. JacksonCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1960
  5. El Paso County v. Jeffers, Texas Court of Appeals, 8th District (El Paso)1985

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3Cited by21 opinions

  1. Frasier v. Yanes, Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)1999
  2. Alton Montgomery v. O.A. "Bob" Brookshire, Sheriff of Ector County, Texas, and Ector County, TexasCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1994
  3. Commissioners Court of Shelby County v. Ross, Texas Court of Appeals, 12th District (Tyler)1991
  4. Tarrant County v. Van SickleCourt of Appeals of Texas · 2003
  5. El Paso County Sheriff's Deputies' Ass'n v. Samaniego, Texas Court of Appeals, 8th District (El Paso)1990

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