Supreme Court of Texas

In a suit brought by retired firefighters against the city of Houston to recover amounts deducted from payments they received upon termination of employment, denial of the city's jurisdictional plea asserting governmental immunity is reversed and remanded where the firefighters' only conceivable remedy was an award of money damages.

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/23/2007
• Published 02/23/2007

Judges

• PER CURIAM.

Court

• Supreme Court of Texas

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Edward John “Jack” O'Neill Jr., Reagan Douglas Pratt, Howrey LLP, Arturo G. Michel, City Attorney, Constance K. Acosta, Timothy J. Higley, City of Houston Legal Department, Houston, for Petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• E. Troy Blakeney, Richard C. Mumey, E. Troy Blakeney, Jr., P.C., Houston, Vincent L. Marable III, Paul Webb, P.C., Wharton, for Respondents.