Landers v. Jameson

The majority holds that Ark. Code Ann. §§ 18-27-202 and -203 (1987) are un-constitutional as applied to Appellant Big Daddy’s Pawn Shop in mandating the Pawn Shop to return pawned, stolen property to its true owner, Appellee Ken Jameson, before a judicial determination of ownership had been made. In so holding, the majority concludes that (1) the Pawn Shop had an enforceable property interest as against the true owner, (2) that Jameson was a state actor, and (3) that the trial afforded to the Pawn Shop in the district court did not satisfy the requirements of due process. I disagree with…