Legal Opinion
Opinion No.
Arkansas Attorney General Reports
Decided October 9, 1998Published
1Opinion of the Court
The Honorable Doug C. Kidd State Representative P.O. Box 137 Benton, Arkansas 72018-0137
Dear Representative Kidd:
You have requested an official Attorney General opinion on the following question:
Is it a conflict of interest for an acting city attorney to serve as chairman of the city's zoning commission?
It is my opinion that this situation does not carry an inherent conflict of interest, but that conflicts of interest resulting from the situation could arise in particular instances.
The Arkansas Supreme Court has indicated that there are three possible types of legal prohibitions to the…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Byrd v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1966
- Tappan v. Helena Federal Savings & Loan Ass'nSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1937
- State ex rel. Murphy v. TownsendSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1904
- Bloom v. KeithlyCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1937