Legal Opinion

Beaumont v. Adkisson

Supreme Court of Arkansas

Decided January 14, 1980No. 79-311PublishedCited by 35 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Darrell Hickman, Justice.

William E. Beaumont, County Judge of Pulaski County, asks for a writ to prohibit Pulaski County Circuit Judge, Richard B. Adkisson, from ordering Beaumont to show cause why he should not be held in contempt of court. We granted a temporary stay and now make it permanent.

Adkisson, who is one of five Pulaski County Circuit Judges, issued an order September 7, 1979, finding that two of his employees, a Probation Officer/Bailiff and a Secretary/Case Coordinator, should be paid salaries of $16,500.00 per year. The order recited, as its authority, Act 629 of 1979, Acts of…

Also in this document: Concurring in part, dissenting in part.

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Mears v. HallSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1978
  2. Hooker v. ParkinSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1962
  3. Waterman v. HawkinsSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1905
  4. Buzbee v. HuttonSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1932
  5. Harkness v. HarrisonSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1979

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3Cited by35 opinions

  1. Venhaus v. State ex rel. LoftonSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1985
  2. Littleton v. BlantonSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1984
  3. Venhaus v. HaleSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1984
  4. Board of Trustees of Municipal Judges & Clerks Fund v. BeardSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1981
  5. Alexander v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1980

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