Legal Opinion
Sheppard v. Thomas
Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)
Decided February 13, 2003No. 01-01-00822-CVPublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION ON MOTION FOR REHEARING
FRANK C. PRICE, Justice (Assigned).
In this appeal, we must determine whether Sheriff Thomas may disregard an order rendered by the Harris County Civil Service Commission. We deny Sheriff Thomas’s motion for rehearing, but withdraw our opinion and judgment dated October 10, 2002, and substitute a new opinion and judgment in their stead.
Appellant, Hank C. Sheppard, brings this appeal from the district court’s judgment denying Sheppard’s petition for writ of mandamus. Sheppard requested a writ of mandamus compelling Tommy Thomas, the Sheriff of Harris County, to…
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