Legal Opinion
City of Houston v. Tones
Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)
Decided October 8, 2009No. 14-08-00209-CVPublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
JOHN S. ANDERSON, Justice.
This case arises from the City of Houston’s failure to follow the statutory procedures for disciplining one of its police officers. Appellant, the City of Houston, appeals the trial court’s order granting appellee Thelma Tones’s motion for summary judgment. Because we find the district court lacked jurisdiction, we vacate its judgment and dismiss the case for lack of jurisdiction.
Factual and PROCEDURAL Background
On June 26, 2005, Houston Police Officer Thelma Tones was dispatched to an apartment complex concerning a complaint about a bullet going through a…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Hoff v. Nueces CountyTexas Supreme Court · 2004
- City of Houston v. ClarkTexas Supreme Court · 2006
- City of Pasadena v. SmithTexas Supreme Court · 2009
- Bradford v. Pappillion, Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)2006
- City of Pasadena v. Smith, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)2006
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3Cited by3 opinions
- City of San Antonio, Texas v. Joseph Salvaggio, Texas Court of Appeals, 4th District (San Antonio)2013
- the City of Austin Firefighters' and Police Officers' Civil Service Commission, Mark Washington, Arturo Acevedo, and the City of Austin v. William M. Stewart, Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)2015
- the City of Beaumont, Texas v. Beaumont Professional Firefighters Local 399 and James Landrum, Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)2013