Gray's Butane Wholesale, Inc. v. Arkansas Liquefied Petroleum Gas Board

Frank Holt, Justice.

Appellant corporation applied for a Class 1 Permit to operate a retail liquefied petroleum gas outlet designed to service an area of 2,490 square miles (later revised to 2,060 square miles) surrounding Brinkley, Arkansas. The organizer and principal stockholder of appellant corporation is Mr. Edwin Gray who is also the owner and operator of other liquefied petroleum businesses and a former member of appellee Board. Mr. Gray testified in behalf of appellant corporation, and two witnesses testified in behalf of protestants, at a hearing before the Board which resulted in an…