# MAYOR, ETC., OF EL DORADO v. El Dorado Broadcasting

> Supreme Court of Arkansas · December 20, 1976 · 260 Ark. 821

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9644663

## Case

- **Full name:** The MAYOR & CITY COUNCIL of El Dorado v. EL DORADO BROADCASTING COMPANY and Carl CONNERTON
- **Court:** Supreme Court of Arkansas
- **Decided:** December 20, 1976
- **Citations:** 260 Ark. 821; 544 S.W.2d 206; 2 Media L. Rep. (BNA) 1427; 1976 Ark. LEXIS 1890
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Dissent by Harris
- **Judges:** Byrd, Harris, Fogleman
- **Cited by:** 31 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

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## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- affirming trial court’s order that the FOIA applies to any group meeting called by the mayor or any member of the city council at which members of the city council, less in number than a quorum, meet for the purpose of discussing or taking action on any matter on which foresee…
- noting in dicta that the trial court's order applied to "any group meeting . . . at which members . . . less in number than a quorum meet for the purpose of discussing or taking any action on any matter on which foreseeable action will be taken. . . ."

## Opinion text

Carleton Harris, Chief Justice, dissenting. I would affirm the judgment, if modified to confine the holding to the particular facts of this case, which I consider to be in violation of the Freedom of Information Act. However, the opinion, in my view, goes much further, and I accordingly dissent.

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