H.T. Hackney Co. v. Davis

Robert L. Brown, Justice.

This is an appeal from an order of the Pulaski County Circuit Court affirming a decision of the Arkansas Tobacco Control Board (Board), fining the appellant, H.T. Hackney Co. (Hackney), $28,000 and suspending its license to distribute tobacco products for six months. Hackney asserts three points on appeal: (1) that the circuit court erred in affirming the Board’s decision which was made in violation of the Board’s statutory authority; (2) that the circuit court erred in failing to reverse the Board’s decision on the basis of agency estoppel; and (3) that the circuit…