Legal Opinion

Protect Fayetteville v. City of Fayetteville

Supreme Court of Arkansas

Decided February 23, 2017No. CV-16-586PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJosephine Linker Hart, Associate Justice

| ¶ Appellants, Protect Fayetteville, ⅛ Repeal 119; Paul Sagan; Peter Tonnes-son; and Paul Phaneuf, appeal from the circuit court’s decision finding that the passage of Ordinance 5781 by the Fayette-ville City Council, entitled “An Ordinance To Ensure Uniform Nondiscrimination Protections Within The City of Fayette-ville For Groups Already Protected To Varying Degrees Throughout State Law,” did not violate Act 137 of 2015,12the Intrastate Commerce Improvement Act, codified at Ark. Code Ann. § 14-1-401 to -403 (Supp. 2015). We reverse and remand.

On February 24, 2015, Act 137 was approved…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Cave City Nursing Home, Inc. v. Arkansas Department of Human ServicesSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2002
  2. Harris v. City of Fort SmithSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2006
  3. Priest v. PolkSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1995
  4. Landers v. StoneSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2016

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. State v. ChampagneMissouri Court of Appeals · 2018
  2. Fayetteville Express Pipeline, LLC v. Arkansas Public Service CommissionCourt of Appeals of Arkansas · 2017
  3. Protect Fayetteville v. City of FayettevilleSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2019
  4. Chris P. Corbitt, Esq. v. Pulaski County Jail Eric Higgins, in His Official Capacity as Pulaski County Sheriff And Barry Hyde, in His Official Capacity as Pulaski County JudgeSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2023

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