ALEXANDER v. CITY OF AUSTIN

No. 03-08-00594-CV.

302 S.W.3d 885 (2009)

Clifton ALEXANDER, Rob Acker, Joe Augeri, James Baker, Brad Ballard, John Banning, Scott Bartell, Edward Baxter, Dan Beard, David Bearden, David Belknap, Mikel Borg, David Brietzke, Drew Britcher, Becky Brooks, Kevin Brooks, Malvin Brown, Palmer Buck, Richard Bunte, Jeremy Burke, Richard Candelario, Alfred Cervera, Bret Carr, Michael Chappell, Duncan Charlton, Andrew Chelf, John Cherry, Ed Cisler, Larry Clowry, Jerry Cohen, Wade Crain, Greg Crowley, Prestin Curtis, Marshall Dandridge, Richard Davis, Scott Decuir, Doug Dedear, David Dixon, Tom Dodds, Anthony Dwyer, Lynn Eichler, Donald Eickhoff, Doug Eickhoff, Dan Elliott, Tracy Evans, George Felix, Stuart Finnessey, Crocket Foster, Lionel Foster, Doug Fowler, Faron Fowler, Ken Fowler, Mike Frick, Daniel Galvan, Mike Geraty, Lawrence Gess, John Green, Guy Groomer, Randy Gunn, Luis Gutierrez, Bob Hamilton, Rob Hayden, Daniel Herman, Gregorio Hernandez, David Hiebert, Patrick Holman, Mary Ann Hubbard, Phil Jack, Scott Janecek, Randy Jones, Andre Jordan, Travis Jordan, Janet Kallus, Clifford Kealey, Bryan Kent, Coit Kessler, Edgar Kneupper, Kelly Knobloch, Chris Lafferre, Brad Landi, John Lenz, Raymond Lescbher, Mike Littrell, Ken Lones, Joe Loughran, John Lowery, David Lundstedt, Eric Lupton, Mark Madison, Thomas Madison, Carmen Maguire, Danny Marquis, Juan J. Martinez, Steve Martinez, Matt McBrayer, Donald McCullough, Matt McElerney, Les Mckay, Marion McKibbin, William McLain, Richard Mendez, Brent Meisenheimer, Chad Messersmith, Larry Miller, Will Moncrief, Ricky Moore, Phil Mueller, Mike Nascimbeni, Randell Nations, Michael Norris, Glen O'Dell, Terrence Oertli, Joe Olague, Lonnie Owen, Robert A. Parker, Greg Paschall, Wayne Parrish, Mike Pearson, Angel Perez, Kregg Phillips, Paul Phillips, Mark Pigg, Hunter Pomroy, Todd Pomroy, Greg Powers, Tye Prange, Gary Priest, Carie Pritchard, Andy Reardon, Gret Reddish, Tom Reiner, Scott Reynolds, Roy Richardson, Joe Ridgeway, Alex Rodriguez, Edward Roel, Dean Rumel, Chris Sandman, Marcello Saenz, Nicholas Schappe, Kim Schmidt, Mark Schultz, Barbara Scotti, Vincente Serrano, Andrew Shultz, David Smith, Mike Stephenson, Tracey Suire, Roger Tanner, Everett Thomas, Kathy Touretellotte, Tim Treckman, Stephen Truesdell, Rene Vallejo, Stan Van Hoose, Miguel Vasquez, Robert Vickery, Art Vieria, Mike Villarreal, Brandon Wade, Bryan Wagers, John Wakefield, Scott Walters, Chris Watson, Charles Weise, John Weller, Lawrence Wesley, Jan Wesson, Carlton Whitehorst, Tommy Wilkins, Michael Williams, Lance Williamson, Hugh Woodard, Gerald Worry, and Scott Worth, Appellants, v. CITY OF AUSTIN, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Austin.

Rehearing Overruled January 21, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

B. Craig Deats, Deats Durst Owen & Levy, PLLC, Austin, TX, for Appellants.

Christopher J. Coppola, Assistant City Attorney, Austin, TX, for Appellee.

Before Chief Justice JONES, Justices WALDROP and HENSON.


OPINION

DIANE M. HENSON, Justice.

A number of current and former Austin fire fighters (collectively, "the Fire Fighters") filed suit against the City of Austin ("the City"), claiming violations of the Fire Fighter and Police Officer Civil Service Act, see Tex. Loc. Gov't Code Ann. §§ 143.001-.363 (West 2008) ("the Civil Service Act"). The Fire Fighters sought declaratory, injunctive, and mandamus relief, as well as an award of back...

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