Biedenharn v. Hogue

Tom Glaze, Justice.

This case involves former Speaker of the Arkansas House of Representatives, appellee Bobby Hogue. In February of 1997, Hogue was hired as Arkansas State University’s (ASU’s) Assistant Athletic Director for Development, a newly created position authorized and funded by the 1997 General Assembly when Hogue was Speaker. Actually, ASU officials had agreed to create the position in 1996, and had unsuccessfully offered the job to two other men before Hogue was hired. Nonetheless, appellants, a group of taxpayers, later initiated this litigation questioning whether Hogue was…