City of Conway v. Shumate

hA class of police officers and firefighters brought a class-action complaint against their employer, the City of Conway. The class alleged that the City breached its employment contract with them when it failed to allocate sales-tax revenues to fund salary increases. The issue before us now is the circuit court’s order certifying the class action. The City has appealed from this order, arguing that individual issues render a class action impractical. We reject this argument and hold that the circuit court was within its discretion when it certified the class.

I. Facts and Procedural Background