Legal Opinion

City of Houston v. Melton

Texas Supreme Court

Decided January 31, 1962No. A-8538Published

1Opinion of the Court

354 S.W.2d 387 (1962)

CITY OF HOUSTON et al., Petitioners,

v.

Foy D. MELTON, Respondent.

No. A-8538.

Supreme Court of Texas.

January 31, 1962.

Rehearing Denied March 14, 1962.

R. H. Burks, City Atty., Charles A. Easterling, Senior Asst. City Atty., Houston, for petitioner.

Sam S. Minter, Houston, for respondent.

GRIFFIN, Justice.

Foy D. Melton, an inspector of police in the City of Houston, Texas, on October 20, 1959, was indefinitely suspended by the Chief of Police of said City. The Chief of Police in all things complied with the provisions of Art. 1269m, § 16, Vernon's Annotated Texas Civil Statutes,…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. United States v. Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific R.Supreme Court of the United States · 1935
  2. Thompson v. Railroad CommissionTexas Supreme Court · 1951
  3. Hoover v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1965
  4. City of Houston v. MeltonTexas Supreme Court · 1962
  5. City of Houston v. MeltonCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1961

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