Aguilar v. City of El Paso

OPINION

WARD, Justice.

Eleven toll collectors on the two international bridges between the cities of El Paso, Texas, and Juarez, Mexico, contended that they were employed by the City of El Paso, and filed this suit against the City and others to establish their positions and benefits as members of the classified service in the civil service system of the City of El Paso. The main point of the case is whether these employees automatically became City employees when the City created a mass transit system and purchased the two bridges, or whether these employees could legally be employed by an…