Fudge v. Haggar’s Empirical Analysis

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6 state decisions

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1. “The appellate court reasoned: In this ease we deal with an internally generated complaint. Even though the initial information received by the police department was external, coming from the Dallas County Sheriffs Office, the entire investigation began within the police department. Officer James testified that on October 19, 1979, he gave Fudge his letter of complaint and affidavits concerning all three incidents. He directed Fudge to respond to the specific acts of misconduct and Fudge did so on that day. The appellees argue that Fudge was aware of, understood, and replied to each of the charges of misconduct for which he was discharged and that the complaint against him was valid. We agree. The complaint was in writing, signed by the person making the complaint, and presented to the affected officer, Robert Fudge, prior to the taking of disciplinary action. It was in compliance with Tex.Rev.Civ. Stat. Ann. art. 6252-20....”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Guthery v. Taylor