Southern College of Naturopathy v. State Ex Rel. Beebe

Tom Glaze, Justice.

This is the second appeal before this court involving Gary Axley and the Southern College of Naturopathy. See Axley v. Hardin, 353 Ark. 529, 110 S.W.3d 766 (2003). In the present case, the State filed a complaint against the Southern College of Naturopathy, doing business as the Southern College of Naturopathic Medicine (“SCN” or “the College”), Gary Axley, the president of SCN, and others, 1 alleging that the defendants had violated the Arkansas Deceptive Trade Practices Act.

In particular, the State contended that SCN purported to confer upon its students a “doctoral…