McCutchen v. Patton

Lavenski R. Smith, Justice.

Appellant Joe McCutchen appeals a summary judgment entered by the Sebastian County Chancery Court dismissing his complaint. McCutchen filed suit against appellees J. Fred Patton, the City of Fort Smith, and Mayor Ray Baker. McCutchen alleged that the appellees illegally created a city agency and improperly appropriated city funds for use by that agency. The appellees contended in response that the entity in question, known as the “Multi-Ethnic Committee,” was not a department or other city agency comprehended within Ark. Code Ann. §14-48-124 (Repl. 1998).…