Legal Opinion
Shellnut v. Arkansas State Game & Fish Commission
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Decided April 20, 1953No. 4-9994PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Ed. F. McFaddin, Justice.
The question here presented is the power of the appellee, Arkansas State Game & Fish Commission, to enforce its “Special Regulation” of October 23, 1950, insofar as affects the lands of these appellants.
Background Facts.
The Arkansas General Assembly of 1927 enacted Act No. 95, which, by its caption, provided for “the establishment and operation of Game and Fish Refuges. . . .”1 This Act (hereinafter called the “1927 Act”) authorized the establishment of a Game and Fish Refuge under certain circumstances, when requested by owners of at least 640 acres. Section 2 of the…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Pumpelly v. Green Bay Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1872
- Noble v. Union River Logging RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1893
- McLaughlin v. City of HopeSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1913
- Hampton v. Arkansas State Game & Fish CommissionSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1951
- Federal Compress & Warehouse Co. v. CallSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1953
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3Cited by36 opinions
- Grine v. Board of TrusteesSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1999
- Richard P. Christy Thomas B. Guthrie Ira Perkins v. Donald P. Hodel, Secretary of the Interior United States Department of InteriorCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1988
- Farris v. Ark. State Game & Fish Comm.Supreme Court of Arkansas · 1958
- Collopy v. Wildlife Commission, Department of Natural ResourcesSupreme Court of Colorado · 1981
- Arkansas State Game & Fish Commission v. StanleySupreme Court of Arkansas · 1976
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