Court Opinion

ID: 9766997
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-29 05:05:46.636556+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:30:27.614612
License: Public Domain

ON APPELLANT’S MOTION FOR REHEARING
By motion for rehearing the City states it will not pursue the applicability matter further. The City had argued the Supreme Court’s statement in Kierstead that article 1269p, § 6 applied to EMTs was dicta which was obiter and not judicial. Since the decision of Privitt v. City of Irving, 666 S.W.2d 541 (Tex.App.—Corpus Christi 1983, writ ref’d n.r.e.) treats the statement as judicial in nature with the approval of the Supreme Court, the City says, “[i]n that event Kierstead is stare decisis as to the applicability question.” Therefore, the only issue the City now pursues on appeal is the one of proper computation of overtime pay.
At the instance of the City we now clarify our holding on that point. We held that the proper method of computation was set out in Kierstead and that the trial court followed that method in the present case. We affirmed that method. We did not mean to imply or to indicate that the principle of stare decisis applies to the method of computation.
Our opinion is modified to the extent necessary for clarification. The only portion of the judgment to which the principle of stare decisis obtains is that of the applicability of the statute. The City now concedes this point.
While we do agree with the City that stare decisis does not control the question of computation of overtime pay, we do affirm the judgment of the trial court as to the method of computation of overtime.
The motion for rehearing is overruled.