Legal Opinion
Bickel v. Burkhart
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided December 17, 1980No. 79-1287PublishedCited by 62 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GEE, Circuit Judge:
In Davis v. Williams, 617 F.2d 1100 (5th Cir. 1980), this court held, en banc, that a municipal fire department rule requiring firemen to refrain from engaging in “[c]on-duct prejudicial to good order” was not facially unconstitutional. The instant case raises the issue, not presented in Davis, of the constitutionality of that and other fire department rules as applied in a specific situation as well as the facial constitutionality of the other rules.
I. Facts and Issues on Appeal.
In 1976, members of the Garland, Texas, fire department had become increasingly dissatisfied…
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3Cited by62 opinions
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