CITY OF HOUSTON v. HFRRF

NO. 01-20-00710-CV.

667 S.W.3d 383 (2022)

CITY OF HOUSTON, Sylvester Turner, Tantri Emo, Chris Brown and Council Members Tarsha Jackson, Dave Martin, Mary Nan Huffman, Karla Cisneros, Robert Gallegos, Martha Castex-Tatum, Mike Knox, David Robinson, Michael Kubosh, Amy Peck, Abbie Kamin, Carolyn Evans-Shabazz, Tiffany Thomas, Edward Pollard, Letitia Plummer, Sallie Alcorn, and the State of Texas, Appellants v. HOUSTON FIREFIGHTERS' RELIEF AND RETIREMENT FUND, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Houston (1st Dist.).

Opinion issued August 30, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H. Melissa Mather , Austin, Zachary Rhines , for Appellant The State of Texas.

Reagan M. Brown , Houston, Timothy Neil Thomas , Carter Walker Dugan , Pierre Grosdidier , Fernando De Leon , Katherine D. Mackillop , Houston, for Appellant City of Houston, Sylvester Turner, Tantri Emo, Chris B. Brown, and Council Members Jerry Davis, Dave Martin, Greg Travis, Karla Cisneros, Robert Gallegos, Martin Castex-Tatum, Mike Knox, David Robinson, Michael Kubosh, Amy Peck, Abbie Kamin.

George Thomas Shipley , Houston, Michael A. Shaunessy , Austin, Amy Douthitt Maddux , Houston, for Appellee.

Fernando De Leon , Timothy Neil Thomas , Pierre Grosdidier , Reagan M. Brown , Houston, Carter Walker Dugan , for Appellant Carolyn Evans-Shabazz, Tiffany Thomas, Edward Pollard, Letitia Plummer and Sallie Alcorn.

Panel consists of Chief Justice Radack and Justices Landau and Hightower.


OPINION

Article XVI, Section 67(a) of the Texas Constitution authorizes the Texas Legislature "[to] enact general laws establishing systems and programs of retirement and related disability and death benefits for public employees and officers." TEX. CONST. art. XVI, § 67(a)(1). The financing of those benefits...

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