Legal Opinion
Reaves v. Jones
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Decided November 12, 1974No. 74-238PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Lyle Brown, Justice.
On August 1, 1974, the Arkansas Senate voted to “expel and/or disqualify” Senator Guy Hamilton Jones, Sr., from that body. Jones brought this suit against Lee Reaves, Secretary of the Senate, and various other state officials, to pro. libit those officials from acting on the assumption that the expulsion was valid. For example, Jones sought to compel the State Auditor to continue paying Jones’ salary, and sought to prohibit the governor from calling a special election to fill a vacancy. The trial court held void the attempted expulsion of Jones. The principal findings of…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Powell v. McCormackSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Bond v. FloydSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Faucette v. GerlachSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1918
- Railway Co. v. GillSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1891
- Irby v. BarrettSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1942
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3Cited by20 opinions
- State ex rel. Grendell v. DavidsonOhio Supreme Court · 1999
- State v. OldnerSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2005
- McPherson v. FlynnSupreme Court of Florida · 1981
- East Poinsett County School District No. 14 v. MasseySupreme Court of Arkansas · 1993
- Yandell v. Havana Board of EducationSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1979
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