Chapman v. Bevilacqua

JIM HANNAH, Justice.

Appellant Linda Chapman appeals the trial court’s grant of summary judgment to Appellees Elnora Bevilacqua and thirty-one other defendants and the Intervenor City of Fort Smith (“the City”) regarding whether the City’s disbursement of funds through a housing rehabilitation program violates the Arkansas Constitution as an illegal exaction of the City’s general fund. We affirm.

Facts

In the fiscal years 1997 and 1998, the City received from the federal government Community Development Block Grants and Home funds for the rehabilitation of urban dwellings owned by qualifying…