DALLAS FIRE FIGHTERS ASSN. v. CITY OF DALLAS

No. 05-03-01787-CV.

228 S.W.3d 678 (2004)

DALLAS FIRE FIGHTERS ASSOCIATION, Ken Clower, Brett Stidham, Bryan Russell, Tracy Beard, Robert Myers, Robert McCrummen, John Speer, Roland Cale, Salvador Garcia, Chad Smith, Gary Brown, William S. White, Greg Forrester, Richard Santa Cruz, Murphy Rogers, David Diggs, Ron Janek, Dale Coston, Clayton King, Jesse Garcia, Steve Fass, Chris Willeford, Greg Harper, Dennis Perkins, Wesley Pemberton, Paul Julian, Noe Garza, Richard Gambrell, Chuck Bratton, Greg Sturch, Tolvia Wilcoxen, Richard Ewing, Benjamin Bryan, Rick Thomas, and John Garrison, Appellants, v. CITY OF DALLAS, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Dallas.

July 27, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barbara. L. Emerson, Bellinger & DeWolf L.L.P., Dallas, for Appellants.

Karen Jyllane Tracy, Office of the City Atty., Barbara E. Rosenberg, City of Dallas Attorney's Office, Madeleine B. Johnson, City Atty., Dallas, for Appellee.

Before Justices WRIGHT, O'NEILL, and FRANCIS.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

Opinion by Justice FRANCIS.

In this employment dispute, the Dallas Fire Fighters Association and thirty-five individual firefighters appeal the trial court's order granting the City of Dallas's plea to the jurisdiction and dismissing their lawsuit. In three issues, appellants challenge the trial court's ruling that the City is immune from suit. Because the dispositive issues are clearly...

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