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CITY OF DESOTO v. WHITE

No. 07-1031.

288 S.W.3d 389 (2009)

CITY OF DESOTO, Texas, Petitioner, v. Justin WHITE, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Decided June 19, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter G. Smith, Amber L. Slayton, Braden Ward Metcalf, Nichols Jackson Dillard Hager & Smith, LLP, Dallas, TX, for Petitioner.

Lance Franklin Wyatt, Attorney At Law, Arlington, TX, Rhonda Elaine Cates, Law Office of Rhonda E. Cates, PLLC, Garland, TX, Randy Doubrava, Texas Municipal Police Assn., Austin, TX, for Respondent.

Justice GREEN delivered the opinion of the Court.

A police officer who has been suspended from duty has a right to appeal that action to either a civil service commission or to an independent, third-party hearing examiner. If the officer appeals to a hearing examiner, his ability to seek further review in a district court is severely limited. The suspended police officer in this case elected to appeal to a hearing examiner, but the City failed to inform him of the...

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