Arkansas Department of Community Correction v. City of Pine Bluff

JIM HANNAH, Chief Justice.

| Appellants, Arkansas Department of Community Correction (“DCC”) and the State of Arkansas, appeal the order of the Jefferson County Circuit Court granting declaratory judgment and injunctive relief in favor of appellee, City of Pine Bluff (the “City”). On appeal, DCC contends that the circuit court erred (1) in rejecting DCC’s argument that sovereign immunity barred the City’s claims; (2) in finding that venue was proper in Jefferson County; and (3) in finding that the City’s decision to zone DCC property as R-l residential was not arbitrary and capricious. We…