Legal Opinion
Miller v. Leathers
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Decided December 21, 1992No. 92-390PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Tom Glaze, Justice.
This case involves art. 5, § 38 of the Arkansas Constitution as amended by Amendment 19, which became effective in 1934. That amendment provides as follows:
None of the rates for property, excise, privilege of personal taxes, now levied shall be increased by the General Assembly except after the approval of the qualified electors voting thereon at an election, or in case of emergency, by the votes of three-fourths of the members elected to each House of the General Assembly.
As can be seen, Amendment 19 requires any rate increase in the taxes then levied and enumerated in it…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Plugge Ex Rel. Arkansas for Representative Democracy v. McCuenSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1992
- Ferstl v. McCuenSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1988
- Crookham v. CrookhamCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1990
- Miles v. SouthernSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1988
- Caldarera v. McCarroll, Commr. of Rev.Supreme Court of Arkansas · 1939
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Crockett & Brown, P.A. v. WilsonSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1995
- Hunt v. RileySupreme Court of Arkansas · 1995
- Crockett & Brown, PA v. WilsonSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1995
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- Opinion No., Arkansas Attorney General Reports1994
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