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Arkansas Attorney General Reports · Feb 16, 2005

Brown v. Board of Commissioners of Richmond County, 223 N.C. 744 , 28 S.E.2d 104 (1943), citing 38 Am. Jur., 91 , sec. 399 (n. 19). See also, 64A CJS § 1573(c). … Canton v.

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Arkansas Attorney General Reports · Mar 10, 2003

Compare Benton v. Gunter, 342 Ark. 543 , 29 S.W.3d 719 (2000) (declaring municipal judge a city officer); Davis v. Holt, (school board member an officer); Brown v. … McClendon v. Board of Health, 141 Ark. 114 , 216 S.W. 289 (1919). See also Ops. Att'y Gen. 95-296 ; 93-095; 92-045; 91-383; and 91-283 (applying art. 19, § 3 to appointive city offices).

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Arkansas Attorney General Reports · Feb 15, 2000

Burnett, 216 Ark. 574 , 226 S.W.2d 544 (1950) (city marshal who was not a city resident); Brown v. Anderson, 210 Ark. 970 , 198 S.W.2d 188 (1946); Center Hill School District No. 32 v. … Brown v. Anderson, 210 Ark. 970 , 198 S.W.2d 188 (1946), quoting 46 C.J. 927.

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Arkansas Attorney General Reports · May 29, 2003

Troxel v. Granville, 530 U.S. 57 , 66 (2000); Santosky v. Kramer, 455 U.S. 745 (1982); Parham v. J.R., 442 U.S. 584 (1979); Wisconsin v. Yoder, 406 U.S. 205 , 232 (1972); Prince v. … See, e.g., Brown v. Bd. of Educ. of Topeka, 347 U.S. 483 (1954) (equal protection); Carey v. Population Servs. Int'l., 431 U.S. 678 (1977) (privacy); Tinker v. Des Moines Sch. Dist., 393 U.S. 503 (1969) (expression).

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Arkansas Attorney General Reports · Mar 4, 1988

Brown Root, Inc. v. Hemstead County Sand Gravel, Inc., 767 F.2d 262 (1985). … Valley National Bank of Arizona v. Stroud, 289 Ark. 284 , 711 S.W.2d 785 (1986). Thus, this specific act of the Legislature (Act 346 of 1987 4) should control.

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Arkansas Attorney General Reports · Jan 4, 1990

See also, Queen v. Moore, Treasurer, 340 S.E.2d 838 (W.Va. 1986), and Independent School District No. 1 v. Board of County Commissioners, 674 P.2d 547 (Okla. 1983). … See also generally, Helena Special School District No. 1 v. Kitchens, 108 Ark. 137 (1913), and Brown v. Epperson, 148 Ark. 62 (1921).

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Arkansas Attorney General Reports · Oct 30, 2003

Accord Board of Education of Oklahoma City v. Dowel, 498 U.S. 237 , 248 (1991); see also Goss v. … Lopez, 419 U.S. 565 , 576 (1975) ("`[E]ducation is perhaps the most important function of state and local governments.'"), quoting Brown v. Board of Education, 347 U.S. 483 , 493 (1954).

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Arkansas Attorney General Reports · Aug 23, 2004

See Yarbrough v. Witty, 336 Ark. 479 , 484 , 987 S.W.2d 257(1999); Lawhon Farm Servs. v. Brown, 335 Ark. 272 , 948 S.W.2d 1 (1998); Citizens To Establish A Reform Party v. … Gritts v. State, 315 Ark. 1 , 864 S.W.2d 859 (1993); City of Fort Smith v. Tate, 311 Ark. 405 , 844 S.W.2d 356 (1993).

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Arkansas Attorney General Reports · Apr 25, 1996

No. 6 v. Brown, 216 Ark. 14 , 223 S.W.2d 818 (1949). … See Board of Directors of Gould Special School Dist. v. Holdtorff, 171 Ark. 668 , 285 S.W. 357 (1926).

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Arkansas Attorney General Reports · Feb 24, 1994

See, e.g., Brown v. City of Stuttgart, 312 Ark. 97 , 847 S.W.2d 710 (1993). As such, they may constitute "interest-bearing evidences of indebtedness" under art. 16, § 1. … For a recent Arkansas Supreme Court case finding a lease agreement to be a sale, see Brown v. City of Stuttgart, supra.

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Arkansas Attorney General Reports · Jun 17, 1988

Cantwell v. Connecticut, 310 U.S. 296 (1940); Murdock v. Pennsylvania, 319 U.S. 105 , 108 (1943). … Lemon v. Kurtzman, 403 U.S. 602 , 614 (1971). It is the duty of the court to decide, as a matter of fact, whether or not any activity constitutes the exercise of religion. Brown v.

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Arkansas Attorney General Reports · Sep 10, 2008

As noted in Hink v. … Lawhon Farm Services v. Brown , 335 Ark. 272 , 279 , 984 S.W.2d 1(1998). Id. at 6.

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Arkansas Attorney General Reports · May 22, 1990

. §§ 20-12-201 to -203, however, Act 157 of the First Extraordinary Session of 1989 contains the following language: There is hereby appropriated to the State Board of Finance, to be payable from the Rural Medical Clinic … Cook v. Shackleford, 192 Ark. 44 , 90 S.W.2d 216 (1936). This raises a factual question, the resolution of which will depend upon the particular circumstances in each case.

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Arkansas Attorney General Reports · Dec 12, 2000

See Amendment 7 ("State Wide Petitions" "Referendum") and Fulkerson v. Refunding Board, supra. Question 2 — If a sales tax increase can be referred to the voters, can it be done in a special election? … See e.g., Le Maire v. Henderson, 174 Ark. 936 , 298 S.W. 327 (1927); Browning v. Waldrip, 169 Ark. 261 , 273 S.W. 1032 (1925); Summers v. Road Improvement District No. 16, 160 Ark. 371 , 254 S.W. 696 (1923); Miller v.

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Arkansas Attorney General Reports · Jul 31, 1998

. § 14-92-223 provides that any land acquired by an improvement district may be sold by the board of commissioners for the price and on the terms it deems best. … In Brown v.

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Arkansas Attorney General Reports · Jan 27, 1992

Brown v. State, 109 Ark. 373 , 159 S.W.2d 1132 (1913). … State v. Alexander, 222 Ark. 376 , 259 S.W.2d 677 (1953) at 380.

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Arkansas Attorney General Reports · Oct 20, 1997

Brown State Senator 17900 Ridgeway Drive Siloam Springs, Arkansas 72761-8866 Dear Senator Brown: This is in response to your request for an opinion on ten questions concerning the incorporation of Bella Vista Village. … This provision provides in part: The fiscal affairs of counties, cities and incorporated towns shall be conducted on a sound financial basis, . . . nor shall any city council, board of alderman, board of public affairs, or

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Arkansas Attorney General Reports · Sep 8, 1994

See A.C.A. § 7-5-407 (Repl. 1993) (requiring county board of election commissioners to deliver absentee ballots to the county clerk "not less than twenty-five (25) days before any election.") … Lawrence, 246 Ark. 644 , 439 S.W.2d 819 (1969)); and it relates specifically to selecting nominees for this judgeship (see generally Brown Root, Inc. v. Hemstead Co. Sand Gravel, Inc., 767 F.2d 464 (8th Cir. 1985)).

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Arkansas Attorney General Reports · Feb 7, 2001

Barker v. … See also, on this latter point, Legislative Research Commission v. Brown, supra.

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Arkansas Attorney General Reports · Apr 15, 2003

See Yarbrough v. Witty, 336 Ark. 479 , 484 , 987 S.W.2d 257(1999); Lawhon Farm Servs. v. Brown, 335 Ark. 272 , 948 S.W.2d 1 (1998); Citizens To Establish A Reform Party v. … In Lake View School District v.