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MUTCHLER v. TEXAS DEPT. OF PUBLIC SAFETY

No. 14154.

681 S.W.2d 282 (1984)

Ralph MUTCHLER, et al., Appellants, v. TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY, et al., Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Austin.

Rehearing Denied December 12, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bob Gorsky, Robert T. Baskett, Burleson, Pate & Gibson, Dallas, for appellants.

Jim Mattox, Atty. Gen., Philip Durst, Asst. Atty. Gen., Austin, for appellees.

Before SHANNON, KEITH and BRADY, JJ.

BRADY, Justice.

This appeal arises from a class action by commissioned officers of the Texas Department of Public Safety requesting the court to declare statutory provisions that commissioned DPS officers should receive supplemental pay to be mandatory. The trial court held that it did not have jurisdiction over the Department of Public Safety, hereinafter DPS, because that agency was protected from suit by sovereign immunity. Further, the trial court rendered judgment...

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