Legal Opinion
Wells v. Purcell
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Decided December 31, 1979No. 79-289PublishedCited by 73 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
John A. Fogleman, Justice.
John F. Wells, individually and as a citizen and taxpayer of the State of Arkansas, filed his petition for mandamus in the Circuit Court of Pulaski County, seeking to compel Joe Purcell, Lieutenant Governor of the State of Arkansas, Knox Nelson, President Pro Tem of the Arkansas Senate, and John E. Miller , Speaker of the Arkansas House of Representatives, to adjourn, or attempt to adjourn, their respective chambers of the Seventy-second General Assembly, or to certify the facts of their disagreement over their adjournment date to the Governor, so he could, under his…
2Cases cited37 opinions
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- Person v. . DoughtonSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1923
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3Cited by73 opinions
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