Court Opinion

ID: 9759386
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-29 00:14:48.040743+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T10:04:06.601124
License: Public Domain

SHANNON, Justice,
concurring.
I concur in the reversal of the judgment of the district court.
The agency’s hearing officer was justified in limiting the issue to be determined at the hearing in the absence of objection by a party to the proceeding. Appellee City of Fort Worth, as a party to the hearing, had opportunity to voice its objection and to demand a full rate hearing. Fort Worth voiced no objection and made no demand. Had Fort Worth made objection to the limited inquiry and made demand for full hearing, the hearing officer would have conducted such a healing. By remaining silent, Fort Worth waived its right to require a full hearing before the agency and, of course, it should not be heard to complain of the limited inquiry in its administrative appeal to the district court of Travis County.