Legal Opinion
City of Fort Smith v. River Valley Regional Water District
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Decided March 1, 2001No. 00-1136PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
JIM HANNAH, Justice.
The Crawford County Circuit Court entered an order establishing The River Valley Regional Water District (“River Valley”). The City of Fort Smith (“the City”) appeals the trial court’s decision challenging the sufficiency of the petition under Ark. Code Ann. §§ 14-116-101 — 14-116-202 and challenging the trial court’s determination that the petitioners demonstrated a necessity for the establishment of a regional water district.
Facts
On March 20, 2000, approximately 450 residents of Crawford County and the City of Barling, Sebastian County, petitioned the Crawford County…
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