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BLANCHARD v. FIREMEN'S & POLICEMEN'S CIVIL S. COMM.

No. 18056.

577 S.W.2d 337 (1979)

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

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Fort Worth.

Rehearing Denied March 1, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Farrar & Claunch and Jim Claunch, Fort Worth, for appellants.

Arthur R. Peterson, City Atty., and Richard Henderson, Fort Worth, for appellees.

OPINION

MASSEY, Chief Justice.

At all times material B. G. Blanchard and R. C. Sutherland, appellants, were policemen of the Fort Worth, Texas, Police Department. An event occurred about 10:00 P.M. on May 14, 1977, when one Jerry Dean Cunniff was arrested following extended police pursuit of the pick-up truck driven by him. Thereafter, Cunniff filed complaint against these appellants (and other officers) charging, among other things, their use of unnecessary...

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