CITY OF HOUSTON v. BATES

No. 11-0778.

406 S.W.3d 539 (2013)

The CITY OF HOUSTON, Texas, Petitioner, v. Roger BATES, Michael L. Spratt and Douglas Springer, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Texas.

June 28, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

E. Troy Blakeney, Jr. , Richard C. Mumey , Blakeney, Flynn & Mumey PLLC, Houston, TX, Vincent L. Marable III , Paul Webb PC, Wharton, TX, for Respondent Roger Bates.

David M. Feldman , Donald J. Fleming , Timothy J. Higley , City of Houston Legal Department, Reagan Douglas Pratt , The Pratt Law Firm PLLC, Houston, TX, for Petitioner The City of Houston.


Justice GREEN delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Chief Justice JEFFERSON, Justice JOHNSON, Justice WILLETT, and Justice DEVINE joined; in which Justice HECHT and Justice LEHRMANN joined as to Parts I and II.A; and in which Justice GUZMAN and Justice BOYD joined as to Parts I and II.B.

This appeal involves a pay dispute between the City of Houston and three retired fire fighters previously employed by the Houston Fire Department (HFD). The retired fire fighters...

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