Hooker v. Parkin

Jim Johnson, Associate Justice.

The appellant, J. J. Hooker, a citizen, resident and taxpayer of Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas, filed a class action in the Chancery Court of Pulaski County, challenging the constitutionality under our State Constitution of five acts: Act 200 of 1961; Act 465 of 1961; Act 395 of 1961; Act 118 of 1953, as amended, which is the Revenue Stabilization Law; and, Act 412 of 1955, as amended, which is the General Accounting Procedures Law. The appellees are Governor Orval E. Faubus and other state officials charged with the execution and administration of the…