Case law

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Arkansas Attorney General Reports · Aug 16, 1989

See, e.g., McFerrin v. Knight, 265 Ark. 658 , 580 S.W.2d 463 (1979); Brown v. Davis, 226 Ark. 843 , 294 S.W.2d 481 (1956). … In Chastain v.

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Arkansas Attorney General Reports · Mar 7, 2003

Huckabee, 328 Ark. 202 , 943 S.W.2d 225 (1997) (upholding appropriation to fund a multipurpose civic center to be owned by quasi-public facilities board); Chapman v. … One of the leading cases in which the Arkansas Supreme Court addressed the issue of the unlawful use of public resources for a private purpose was Chandler v. Board of Trustees, 236 Ark. 256 , 365 S.W.2d 447 (1963).

Opinion No.

Arkansas Attorney General Reports · May 23, 2002

Zych, 702 S.W.2d 491 (Mo. 1985); Aurentz v. Planning Board, 171 N.J. Super. 135 , 408 A.2d 140 (1979); State ex. rel Stewart v. King, 562 S.W.2d 704 (Mo. 1978); Stoltz v. … Board of Commissioners of the City of Fargo, 211 N.W.2d 399 (N.D. 1973).

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Arkansas Attorney General Reports · Jun 2, 1994

Apparently, the Fayetteville Public School Board has endorsed the National Education Association (NEA) and the Arkansas Education association (AEA) as the sole labor union authorized to represent the Fayetteville Public Schools … See Hooker v. Parkin, 235 Ark. 218 , 357 S.W.2d 534 (1962). I can find nothing about A.C.A. 6-17-702 which is unconstitutional or federally preempted. It is thus my opinion that it is "legal."

Opinion No.

Arkansas Attorney General Reports · May 20, 1992

Thomas v. Sitton, 213 Ark. 816 , 212 S.W.2d 710 (1948). … This constitutional residency requirement was discussed by the Arkansas Supreme Court in McClendon v. Board of Health, 141 Ark. 114 , 216 S.W. 289 (1919), with regard to the office of city manager.

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Arkansas Attorney General Reports · Apr 16, 1997

Saline County Board of Education v. Hot Spring County Board of Education, 270 Ark. 136 , 603 S.W.2d 413 (1980); and LeMaire v. Henderson, 174 Ark. 936 , 298 S.W. 327 (1927). … See, e.g., Jessen Ass'n., Inc. v. Bullock, supra, State ex rel. Cason v. Bond, supra, and Patterson v. Dempsey, 152 Conn. 431 , 441 , 207 A.2d 739 (1965).

Opinion No.

Arkansas Attorney General Reports · May 23, 2001

See Phillips v. … Consequently, assuming a 3-2 split on the board, the mayor can vote only in support of the majority, thereby providing the crucial fourth vote.

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Arkansas Attorney General Reports · Feb 7, 1997

Wilcox v. Safley, 298 Ark. 159 , 766 S.W.2d 12 (1989). A court will not resort to forced construction for the purpose of limiting or extending the meaning. City of North Little Rock v. … See generally Bennett v. State, 252 Ark. 128 , 477 S.W.2d 497 (1972).

Opinion No.

Arkansas Attorney General Reports · Aug 14, 1997

Fayetteville School Dist. v. Arkansas State Board of Education, 313 Ark. 1 , 852 S.W.2d 122 (1993). … Fayetteville School Dist. v. Arkansas State Board of Education, 313 Ark. 1 , 852 S.W.2d 122 (1993).

Opinion No.

Arkansas Attorney General Reports · Jun 3, 2011

Arkansas HSC v. Regional Care Facilities, Inc. , 351 Ark. 331 , 339 , 93 S.W.3d 672 (2002). 20 Vacco v. Quill , 521 U.S. 793 (1997); Romer v. Evans , 517 U.S. 620 , 631 (1996); Clements v. … National Home Ctrs., Inc. , 335 Ark. 356 , 981 S.W.2d 91 (1998); Reed v. Glover , 319 Ark. 16 , 889 S.W.2d 729 (1994); Arkansas Hospital Assoc. v. State Board of Pharmacy , 297 Ark. 454 , 763 S.W.2d 73 (1989). *Page 1

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Arkansas Attorney General Reports · May 16, 1996

Smith v. Refunding Board of Arkansas, 192 Ark. 145 , 90 S.W.2d 494 (1936).

Opinion No.

Arkansas Attorney General Reports · Feb 21, 1989

Packard Motor Co. v. National Labor Relations Board, 330 U.S. 485 (1946); Consumer's Union of United States, Inc. v. Heimann, 589 F.2d 531 (D.C. Cir. 1978); Louisiana Chemical Ass'n v. Bingham, 496 F. Supp. 1188 (D.C. … Cunningham. 1 See e.g., Central Television Service, Inc. v.

Opinion No.

Arkansas Attorney General Reports · Aug 21, 1987

See State Medical Board v. Rodgers, 190 Ark. 266 , 79 S.W.2d 83 (1935); Sutherland v. Arkansas Department of Insurance, 250 Ark. 903 , 467 S.W.2d 724 (1971). … See Rogers v. State, 260 Ark. 232 , 538 S.W.2d 300 (1976); Finley v. State, 282 Ark. 146 , 666 S.W.2d 701 (1984). Ark. Stat. Ann. 3-1103 has no such specious definition for `conviction'.

Opinion No.

Arkansas Attorney General Reports · Apr 5, 1996

Ragland v. Dumas, 292 Ark. 515 , 732 S.W.2d 119 (1987), citing Black's Law Dictionary 631 (4th Ed. 1968). … See also generally, Dependent School District No. 13, Adair County v.

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Arkansas Attorney General Reports · Jan 17, 2006

Dermott Special School District v. Johnson, 343 Ark. 90 , 95 , 32 S.W.3d 477 (2000), quoting Muse v. Prescott School Dist., 233 Ark. 789 , 791 , 349 S.W.2d 329 (1961), in turn quoting Arkansas Highway Commission v. … Clayton, 226 Ark. 712 , 715 , 292 S.W.2d 77 (1956) in turn quoting Allison v. Corker, 67 N.J.L. 596 , 52 A. 362 (1902). In Ark. Op. Att'y Gen.

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Arkansas Attorney General Reports · Feb 23, 1998

See Director of Bureau of Legislative Research v. Mackrell, 212 Ark. 40 , 204 S.W.2d 893 (1947). … In Mackrell, supra, the court concluded that the State Board of Fiscal Control did not have the authority to pay expenses for the Bureau of Legislative Research.

Opinion No.

Arkansas Attorney General Reports · Sep 24, 1998

. § 14-235-304 (Repl. 1998), which provides: Nothing in this act shall be so construed as to authorize a municipal board of health to order or compel the building of a sewer by one property owner over the property of another … The validity of this provision was sustained in the case of Bennett v.

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Arkansas Attorney General Reports · Aug 1, 2003

. § 21-6-502 is not defined, the term is unambiguous, and when it is given its ordinary meaning in common usage, see Bourne, v. … Board of Trustees, 347 Ark. 19 , 59 S.W.3d 432 (2001), it clearly must be interpreted to encompass police officers in municipalities, including police officers in incorporated towns. Accord, Op. Att'y Gen.

Opinion No.

Arkansas Attorney General Reports · Sep 17, 2004

I will further note that the question of whether a public entity may display the Ten Commandments was at issue in Baker v. Adams County/Ohio Valley School Board, 86 Fed. … The court in Baker recited as controlling authority ACLU of Kentucky v.

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Arkansas Attorney General Reports · Sep 14, 1987

other statutory provisions directly addressing this question. 3-111 provides in pertinent part as follows: (a) The election precincts, in all political party Primary Elections shall be the same as established by the County Board … See, Lovewell v. Bowen, 75 Ark. 452 , 88 S.W. 570 (1905).