Majors v. Pulaski County Election Commission

Steele Hays, Justice.

Following a local option election in

which the electors of Precinct No. 614 voted dry, Tommy Majors, a retail liquor store owner, sued the Pulaski County Election Commission, the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board and the State of Arkansas. The complaint alleged irregularities in the election process and that local option laws were a denial of the Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses of the Constitution. The defendants moved under ARCP 12(b)(6) to dismiss the complaint and on January 14,1985 the circuit court granted the motion upon a finding that the complaint failed to…