Legal Opinion
City of Harlingen v. Avila
Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District
Decided March 20, 1997No. 13-95-179-CVPublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
RODRIGUEZ, Justice.
Thirty-one fire fighters of the Harlingen Fire Department sued the City of Harlingen (“the City”) seeking declaratory relief and back pay from the City’s implementation of a seniority pay system in 1990. The fire fighters claimed that the 1990 system failed to comply with the Fire Fighters and Police Officers Civil Service Act (“the Act”). 1 Fol lowing a bench trial, the trial court found for the fire fighters and ordered that the .City compensate each plaintiff with back pay (ranging from $47.40 to $23,859.09 per fire fighter). We affirm.
The City of Harlingen is a…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Crimmins v. LowryTexas Supreme Court · 1985
- Sayre v. MullinsTexas Supreme Court · 1984
- Reed v. Valley Federal Savings & Loan Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1983
- Trinity Universal Insurance Co. v. Fidelity & Casualty Co., Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)1992
- Pulido v. Dennis, Texas Court of Appeals, 8th District (El Paso)1994
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3Cited by26 opinions
- City of Round Rock v. Whiteaker, Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)2007
- Bell v. City of Grand Prairie, Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)2007
- Alma Group, L.L.C. v. Palmer, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District2004
- Surgitek, Inc. v. Adams, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District1997
- Orange County Appraisal District v. Agape Neighborhood Improvement, Inc., Texas Court of Appeals, 9th District (Beaumont)2001
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