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HAMMOND v. CITY OF DALLAS

No. C-4469.

712 S.W.2d 496 (1986)

Charles J. HAMMOND, Administrator of the Estate of Paul C. Hammond, Deceased, Jimmie L. Kyser, and Conrad D. Medlock, Jr., Petitioners, v. CITY OF DALLAS, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

June 25, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Craig M. Fowler, Dallas, Schuerenberg, Grimes & Glaspy, Gary Allmon Grimes and Tena M. Hollingsworth, Mesquite, for petitioners.

Analeslie Muncy, City Atty., and Debra G. Kress, Asst. City Atty., Dallas, for respondent.

OPINION

GONZALEZ, Justice.

This is a civil service suit for damages growing out of an alleged wrongful discharge of three police officers. The issue presented is whether under the Dallas City Charter, the City Manager and City Civil Service Board can increase the punishment assessed by the Police Chief in disciplinary actions, when those actions are appealed to the City Manager. The trial court held that neither the City Manager nor the Board had authority...

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