Legal Opinion
Opinion No.
Arkansas Attorney General Reports
Decided February 9, 2000Published
1Opinion of the Court
The Honorable Bill Gwatney State Senator P.O. Box 156 Jacksonville, AR 72076-0156
Dear Senator Gwatney:
I am writing in response to your request for my opinion on whether there are any constitutional restrictions that would preclude the Arkansas General Assembly from requiring that the University of Arkansas play a certain number of football games in Little Rock.
RESPONSE
State law clearly gives the General Assembly (hereinafter the "Legislature") a wide range of powers and it also clearly gives the University of Arkansas Board of Trustees (hereinafter the "Board") some degree of independence…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Mears v. HallSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1978
- Mears v. Arkansas State HospitalSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1979
- Hooker v. ParkinSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1962
- City of Little Rock v. AT&T COMMUNICATIONS OF SOUTHWEST, INC.Supreme Court of Arkansas · 1994
- Arkansas-Missouri Power Corp. v. City of RectorSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1949
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