Legal Opinion
Opinion No.
Arkansas Attorney General Reports
Decided March 17, 1988Published
1Opinion of the Court
The Honorable Mike Kinard State Senator P. O. Box 727 Magnolia, AR 71753
Dear Senator Kinard:
This is written in response to your request for an official opinion regarding the following questions:
1. Did Amendment 55 to the Arkansas Constitution eliminate or otherwise restrict or reduce the judicial duties of the Justice of the Peace Courts?
Amendment 55 to the Arkansas Constitution revised county government in Arkansas providing, inter alia, that counties exercise local legislative authority not denied by the Constitution or laws through their respective quorum courts, consisting of nine (9) to…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Payton v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- United States v. WatsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Federal Express Corp. v. SkeltonSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1979
- State ex rel. Moose v. WoodruffSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1915
- Peterson v. CulpepperSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1904
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