Legal Opinion
City of Houston v. Anderson
Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)
Decided October 1, 1992No. 01-91-00137-CVPublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MIRABAL, Justice.
Appellant, the City of Houston (the City), appeals the judgment reversing the Civil Service Commission’s order that had affirmed the suspension of the appellees, David F. Anderson, Russell L. Cerda, and Scott P. Becker, from the City’s police department. We reverse.
Appellees were suspended from duty on March 18, 1985, by then Chief of Police Brown, for using excessive force in handling a suspect who was in custody. Ap-pellees Becker and Cerda were given indefinite suspensions and Anderson was suspended for 30 days. All three appealed their suspensions to the Firemen…
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- Fire Department v. City of Fort WorthTexas Supreme Court · 1949
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3Cited by6 opinions
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- Bexar County Civil Service Commission v. Casals, Texas Court of Appeals, 4th District (San Antonio)2001
- Turner v. City of Carrollton Civil Service Commission, Texas Court of Appeals, 7th District (Amarillo)1994
- Jorge Reyes v. the City of Laredo, and Carlos R. Maldonado, Chief of Police, Texas Court of Appeals, 4th District (San Antonio)2012
- Tedricke Gardner v. Tarrant County Civil Service Commission and Tarrant County, Texas, Texas Court of Appeals, 2nd District (Fort Worth)2005
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