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FIREMEN'S & POLICEMEN'S CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION v. BLANCHARD

No. B-8365.

582 S.W.2d 778 (1979)

FIREMEN'S AND POLICEMEN'S CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION OF the CITY OF FORT WORTH et al., Petitioners, v. B. G. BLANCHARD et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Texas.

June 13, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur R. Petersen, City Atty., Walter W. Leonard and Richard E. Henderson, Asst. City Attys., Fort Worth, for petitioners.

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

PER CURIAM.

This is an appeal from an order of the Fort Worth chief of police suspending two officers under his command. The officers, B. G. Blanchard and R. C. Sutherland, received disciplinary suspensions for using excessive force while making an arrest. Both suspensions were for a period of less than fifteen days. The principal issue is whether the Firemen's and Policemen's Civil Service Act, Article 1269m, Tex.Rev.Civ.Stat.Ann. allows an officer a right to appeal...

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