Legal Opinion · Dissent

Worth v. Civil Service Commission

Supreme Court of Arkansas

Decided March 7, 1988No. 87-229Published

1DissentSteele Hays, Justice

The majority is applying Bradley v. Bruce, 288 Ark. 342, 705 S.W.2d 431 (1986), retroactively, which I think is a mistake. Nothing in Bradley v. Bruce suggests that retroactive application was intended and we do not, as a rule, adopt that course. Wiles v. Wiles, 289 Ark. 340, 711 S.W.2d 789 (1986);Solem v. Stumes, 465 U.S. 638 (1984); Cunningham v. State, 251 Ark. 277, 471 S.W.2d 777 (1971); Gross v. State, 246 Ark. 909, 440 S.W.2d 543 (1969); Parish v. Pitts, 244 Ark. 1239, 429 S.W.2d 245 (1968); Hare v. General Contract Purchase Corp., 220 Ark. 601, 249 S.W.2d 973 (1952); Great Northern…

2Cases cited26 opinions

  1. Great Northern Railway Co. v. Sunburst Oil & Refining Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1932
  2. Solem v. StumesSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  3. Parish v. PittsSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1968
  4. Hare v. General Contract Purchase Corp.Supreme Court of Arkansas · 1952
  5. Dahl v. Brunswick Corp.Court of Appeals of Maryland · 1976

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