Legal Opinion
Firefighters' & Police Officers' Civil Service Commission of Houston v. Herrera
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided August 31, 1998No. 01-96-01588-CVPublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
O’CONNOR, Justice.
We are asked to decide if the trial court correctly granted a group of firefighters the right to be retroactively promoted and to receive back pay.
The Firefighters’ & Police Officers’ Civil Service Commission of the City of Houston contends the trial court (1) had no jurisdiction to hear the appeal of any of the plaintiffs except the appeals of the five original griev-ants; (2) misinterpreted the local government code; (3) erred in awarding back pay, or, alternatively, in awarding back pay to two unqualified plaintiffs; (4) erred in permitting the firefighters to…
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- Pedraza v. Tibbs, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)1992
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