Legal Opinion
City of Galveston v. Giles
Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)
Decided June 15, 1995No. 01-94-00970-CVPublishedCited by 53 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
O’CONNOR, Justice.
We are asked to decide whether a Galveston Police Department residency rule requiring officers to live within certain parts of Galveston County or Harris County is void and unenforceable. The parties submitted the issue of reasonableness of the regulation to the court on an agreed statement of facts. Tex.R.Civ.P. 263. 1 The court found the police department’s residency rule was void and unenforceable. We reverse and render.
Fact summary
In 1991, the Galveston Police Department suspended Officer Norman Giles for five days for violating a department rule requiring…
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