Riley v. City of Corning

David Newbern, Justice.

Appellant Tim Riley was convicted upon a plea of nolo contendere in Corning Municipal Court of driving while intoxicated. Thereafter, he and his attorney, appellant Gary Day Garland; sought a declaratory judgment declaring Act 332 of 1969, by which the Corning Municipal Court was created, unconstitutional because it constituted “local legislation” in violation of Ark. Const, art. 14. Garland’s claim to standing as a plaintiff in the action was that he had been refused a position on the ballot in a municipal judgeship election because the county election commission found…