Legal Opinion
City of Houston v. Clark
Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)
Decided August 26, 2004No. 14-03-00399-CVPublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
RICHARD H. EDELMAN, Justice.
In this fire fighter disciplinary action, the City of Houston (the “city”) appeals a summary judgment entered in favor of Donald Clark on the grounds that: (1) an individual other than the Fire Chief may be appointed to temporarily assume the chiefs duties when the chief is unavailable to perform them; and (2) the hearing examiner was without jurisdiction to rule on whether the acting fire chief had authority to suspend Clark. We dismiss this appeal for lack of jurisdiction.
Background
In 1999, Assistant Houston Fire Department (“HFD”) Chief Chris Connealy,…
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- City of Houston v. ClarkTexas Supreme Court · 2006
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