Cortez v. Independence County

David Newbern, Justice.

The appellant, Robert Cortez, as a taxpayer, sought to enjoin the Independence County, Arkansas, Public Health and Education Facilities Board from issuing educational facilities bonds to finance construction and physical improvements at Arkansas College in Batesville. The appellant also sought a declaratory judgment that the board’s resolution, made pursuant to Ark. Stat. Ann. §§ 20-1701 through 20-1720 (Repl. 1962 and Supp. 1985), violated Ark. Const. art. 2, § 24; art. 12, § § 4,5; and art. 16, § 1, as well as the First Amendment to the U. S. Constitution.

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