WILSON v. ANDREWS

No. 98-0216.

10 S.W.3d 663 (1999)

Eric WILSON, and John Cornyn, Attorney General OF Texas, Petitioners, v. Mary ANDREWS, in her official capacity as Civil Service Director of the City of Lubbock, Texas, and as Managing Director of Human Resources for the City of Lubbock, Texas, et al., Respondents

Supreme Court of Texas.

Decided December 23, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jonathan B. Morgan, Christopher Johnsen, B. Craig Deats, John Cornyn, Jorge Vega, Laquita A. Hamilton, Toni Hunter, David A. Talbot, Jr., Austin, Terry Daffron Putthoff, Richard W. Carter, Fort Worth, for petitioners.

Cecil Kuhne, Jeffrey C. Hartsell, Jean Shotts, Jr., Anita E. Burgess, William J. Wade, Lubbock, for respondents.

Justice ENOCH delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Chief Justice PHILLIPS, Justice OWEN, Justice BAKER, Justice ABBOTT, Justice HANKINSON, Justice O'NEILL, and Justice GONZALES join.


This case presents issues similar to those presented in Proctor v. Andrews.1 In Proctor, we held that subsection 143.057(d) of the Texas Civil Service Act,2 which authorizes arbitration of police officer and firefighter disciplinary disputes by a private "neutral qualified arbitrator," neither unconstitutionally delegates authority to a private entity under article III, section 1 of the Texas Constitution...

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