Case law

Kinchen v. Wilkins

367 Ark. 71 · Supreme Court of Arkansas · Jun 29, 2006

Collins then notified Dale Brown, Chairman of the Commission, that the referendum petition had been certified. … In the recent case of Watts v. Searcy County Board of Elections, 364 Ark. 452 , 220 S.W.3d 642 (2005), this court refused to address the merits of an appeal that involved an election that had already-been held.

Parsons v. State

341 Ark. 150 · Supreme Court of Arkansas · Apr 27, 2000

district is composed of more than one school district, ... the board may apportion a certain number of positions on the board for each school district according to the most recent census information, so long as all board … BROWN, J., joins this dissent.

City of Little Rock v. Martin

244 Ark. 323 · Supreme Court of Arkansas · Mar 11, 1968

Lyle Brown, Justice. Robert Martin, for forty-four years a nonuniformed employee of the City of Little Rock, instituted this action to recover disability retirement benefits as provided by city ordinances. … Before discussing that issue we point out that generally before a board’s decision will be reviewed it must be alleged that the board has acted arbitrarily. Dunn v. Dauley, 232 Ark. 17 , 334 S. W. 2d 679 (1960).

Borchert v. Scott

248 Ark. 1050 · Supreme Court of Arkansas · Oct 19, 1970

(the ‘Colony Board’). … Brown & Fogleman, JJ., dissent in part.

Memphis Land & Timber Co. v. Board of Directors of St. Francis Levee District

70 Ark. 409 · Supreme Court of Arkansas · May 3, 1902

Stayton v. Newcomer, 6 Ark. 451 ; 3 Cyc. 152; 2 Enc. Pl. & Pr. 296.

Winer v. Bank of Blytheville

89 Ark. 435 · Supreme Court of Arkansas · Mar 1, 1909

In the case of Brown v. … In Brown v. Donnell, 49 Me. 421 , it 'is held that the authority of an agent of a corporation to indorse a note may be shown by other evidence than the by-laws.

Ruiz v. Felts

512 S.W.3d 626 · Supreme Court of Arkansas · Mar 9, 2017

Pitts v. Hobbs, 2013 Ark. 457, at 4 (per curiam) (citing Brown v. Lockhart, 288 Ark. 483, 707 S.W.2d 304 (1986)). … Id. at 209, 672 S.W.2d at 53; see also Kellar v.

Benton v. Bradley

344 Ark. 24 · Supreme Court of Arkansas · Mar 1, 2001

This case is a companion case to Benton v. … Valley v. Bogard, 342 Ark. 336 , 28 S.W.3d 269 (2000); Jacobs v. Yates, 342 Ark. 243 , 27 S.W.3d 734 (2000); State v. Craighead County Bd. of Election Comm’rs, 300 Ark. 405 , 779 S.W.2d 169 (1989).

Williams v. Elrod

244 Ark. 671 · Supreme Court of Arkansas · Apr 22, 1968

Lyle Brown, Justice. The plaintiff-appellants are taxpayers, residents, and electors of twenty-five of the State’s senatorial districts. The defendant-appellees constitute all State Senators. … In Catlett v. Jones, supra, we declined to shorten the elected terms of office of the involved nine senators. They were found to have been elected “in accordance with the Board’s plan” of reapportionment after Yancey v.

Lisa Crain; Cathee Crain; Marillyn Crain Brody; And Kristan Crain Snell, Derivatively on Behalf of Regional Jet Center, Inc. v. Shirley Crain and Regional Jet Center, Inc.

2025 Ark. 86 · Supreme Court of Arkansas · May 22, 2025

Hall v. Staha, 303 Ark. 673, 678, 800 S.W.2d 396, 399 (1990) (quoting Gries Sports v. Cleveland Browns Football, 496 N.E.2d 959, 963 (Ohio 1986)). … Under that rule, “[a] board of directors enjoys a presumption of sound business judgment, and its decisions will not be disturbed if they can be attributed to any rational business purpose.” Sinclair Oil Corp. v.

Continental Southern Lines, Inc. v. Goodsell

247 Ark. 606 · Supreme Court of Arkansas · Nov 10, 1969

Goodsell shows that she was helped on the bus by the bus driver when she boarded in Panama City and again at Mobile. … See Chicago Rock Island and Pacific Railway Company v. Brown, 111 Ark. 288 , 163 S. W. 525 (1914) and annotation, 140 A. L. R. 1194.

Vincent Standridge, in His Personal Capacity as a Parent; And Minor Child, by and Through His Father and Next Friend, Vincent Standridge v. Fort Smith Public Schools; Dr. Terry Morawski, Superintendent, in His Official Capacity; Dalton Person, School Board President, in His Official Capacity; Phil Whiteaker, School Board Vice-President, in His Official Capacity; Davin Chitwood, School Board Secretary, in His Official Capacity; Matt Blaylock, Board Member, in His Official Capacity; Susan Kraft, Board Member, in Her Official Capacity; Lynnett Lott, Board Member, in Her Official Capacity; Talicia Richardson, Board Member, in Her Official Capacity; And Michael Beaumont, Director of Athletics & Activities, in His Official Capacity

708 S.W.3d 773 · Supreme Court of Arkansas · Apr 17, 2025

TERRY MORAWSKI, SUPERINTENDENT, IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY; DALTON PERSON, SCHOOL BOARD PRESIDENT, IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY; PHIL WHITEAKER, SCHOOL BOARD VICE-PRESIDENT, IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY; DAVIN CHITWOOD, SCHOOL BOARD … SECRETARY, IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY; MATT BLAYLOCK, BOARD MEMBER, IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY; SUSAN KRAFT, BOARD MEMBER, IN HER OFFICIAL CAPACITY; LYNNETT LOTT, BOARD MEMBER, IN HER OFFICIAL CAPACITY; TALICIA RICHARDSON, BOARD

Haynie v. City of Little Rock

243 Ark. 86 · Supreme Court of Arkansas · Sep 25, 1967

Mandle v. Brown, 5 N. Y. 2d 51, 152 N. E. 2d 511 . We hold this rule to be sound and applicable here. … Beggs v. Kern, 284 N. Y. 504 , 32 N. E. 2d 529 .

Haraway v. State

203 Ark. 912 · Supreme Court of Arkansas · Feb 16, 1942

Willie Brown, Avis Freeman and Daisy Mills. Q. What position do they hold with this school district,? A. Willie Brown is president of the board and Avis Freeman and Daisy Mills are teachers. Q. … Melton v. State, 43 Ark. 367 ; Smith v. State, 168. Ark. 253, 269 S. W. 995 ; Gralhmn v. State, 202 Ark. 981 , 154 S. W. 2d 584 .

Gordon v. Matson

246 Ark. 533 · Supreme Court of Arkansas · Apr 1, 1969

Epps v. Remmel 237 Ark. 391 , 373 S.W. 2d 141 ; Jones v. Comer, 237 Ark. 500 , 374 S.W. 2d 465 . … Brown, J., disqualified. Fogleman, J., dissents.

Oliver v. Pulaski County Circuit Court

340 Ark. 681 · Supreme Court of Arkansas · Mar 23, 2000

Co. v. Stoltz, 312 Ark. 516 , 849 S.W.2d 525 (1993); Brimson v. Brimson, 228 Ark. 562 , 309 S.W.2d 29 (1958). … Glaze and Brown, JJ., concur. Oliver v. Pulaski County Circuit Court, 340 Ark. 199 , 8 S.W.3d 35 (2000). We note that although the language in §214 mentions the chancery court that the case of Harber v.

Jarboe v. Shelter Insurance

307 Ark. 287 · Supreme Court of Arkansas · Nov 18, 1991

Brown, Justice. The appellant, Sarah Sue Jarboe, appeals from a dismissal of her complaint against the appellee, Shelter Insurance Company. … See McDonald v. State Farm Mutual Insur. Co., 15 Ark. App. 346 , 692 S.W.2d 274 (1985); Blount v. McCurdy, 267 Ark. 989 , 593 S.W.2d 468 (Ark. App. 1980).

St. Louis, Arkansas & Texas Railway Co. v. Hoover

53 Ark. 377 · Supreme Court of Arkansas · Jun 14, 1890

Co. v. Rodrigues, 47 Ill., 188 ; Tucker v. St. L., K. C. & N. R. Co., 54 Mo., 177 ; Brown v. M. K. & T. R. Co., 67 Mo., 122 ; A. & P. R. Co. v. Reisner, 18 Kan., 458 ; Cooper v. N. Y. C. & H. R. R. Co., 6 Hun, 276 ; L. … Co. v. McVay, 98 Ind., 391 ; Cox v. Midland etc. Ry. Co., 3 Exch., 268.

Lubin v. Crittenden Hospital Ass'n

295 Ark. 429 · Supreme Court of Arkansas · May 9, 1988

In Brandt v. St. … Joey Brown Interest, Inc. v. Merchants Nat’l Bank, 284 Ark. 418 , 683 S.W.2d 601 (1985). The trial court ruled correctly in granting summary judgment on this count of the complaint.

Murph v. Consolidated School District No. 39

168 Ark. 587 · Supreme Court of Arkansas · Apr 13, 1925

This court said, in the case of Brown v. … It is provided in that section that the “county board shall annex contiguous territory to single school districts, under the provisions of this act, when a majority of the legal voters of said territory and the board of directors