FIREMEN'S AND POLICEMEN'S ETC. v. LOCKHART

No. C-501.

626 S.W.2d 492 (1981)

FIREMEN'S AND POLICEMEN'S CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION OF the CITY OF FORT WORTH, et al, Petitioners, v. E. L. LOCKHART, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

November 25, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul C. Isham, City Atty., Randall K. Price, Asst. City Atty., Fort Worth, for petitioners.

Farrar & Claunch, Jim Claunch, Fort Worth, for respondent.


BARROW, Justice.

This is a statutory appeal under article 1269m1 brought by E. L. Lockhart from an order of the Firemen's and Policemen's Civil Service Commission of the City of Fort Worth (Commission) upholding the action of the Chief of Police in indefinitely suspending Lockhart from the police department. The trial court affirmed the action of the Commission. The court of civil appeals concluded that Lockhart was not given the proper...

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