Jewell v. Miller County Election Commission

David Newbern, Justice.

This appeal has arisen from the tortured recent history of city government in Texarkana. The issue presented is whether the General Assembly’s attempt to remedy the situation by passage of Act 8 of the First Extraordinary Session of 1995 violates the constitutional prohibition against special or local legislation. Ark. Const, amend. 14. The Circuit Court held Act 8 was not unconstitutional. We affirm the decision because the appellants’ abstract is flagrandy deficient.

Texarkana has a city-manager form of government. Prior to and during the six-year duration of the…