Leathers v. Gulf Rice Arkansas, Inc.

Tom Glaze, Justice.

Appellees Gulf Rice Arkansas, Inc., and Gulf Pacific Rice Co., Inc. (referred to collectively as “Gulf Rice”), filed suit against appellants Tim Leathers, the State Commissioner of Revenues, and the individual directors of the Arkansas Rice Research and Promotion Board (referred to collectively as “Board”). Riceland Foods, Inc., Producers Rice Mill, Inc., and Riviana Foods, Inc. (referred to collectively as “Riceland Foods”), intervened in'the suit on behalf of the Board. Gulf Rice alleged that Act 344 of 1995, the Arkansas Research and Promotion Act, codified at Ark. Code…