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COUNTY OF DALLAS v. WILAND

No. 04-0247.

216 S.W.3d 344 (2007)

THE COUNTY OF DALLAS, Petitioner, v. Linda L. WILAND, as Administrator for the Estate of Stanley Gaines, Jim Gilliand, and Sonia Avina, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Decided February 16, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rick Thompson, Deborah G. Hankinson, Law Offices of Deborah Hankinson PC, Marc H. Richman, Law Offices of Marc H. Richman, Grant Hugh Brenna, Bart Bevers, Dallas TX, for Petitioner.

Steven K. DeWolf, Todd R. Hixon, Haakon Thomas Donnelly, Bellinger & DeWolf, L.L.P., Lisa Matz, Clerk, Fifth Court of Appeals, Dallas, Alex Wilson Albright, Douglas Alexander, Alexander Dubose Jones & Townsend, LLP, Austin TX, for Respondent.

Richard W. Carter, Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas, Fort Worth TX, for Amicus Curiae.

Justice HECHT delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Justice WAINWRIGHT, Justice GREEN, Justice JOHNSON, and Justice WILLETT joined.

Three deputy constables covered by Dallas County's civil service system contend that the County terminated their employment without just cause and without a hearing, thereby denying them substantive and procedural due process in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution,1

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