Legal Opinion
Shepherd v. Looper
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Decided July 13, 1987No. 87-16PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Steele Hays, Justice.
Clinton Looper (appellee) fishes commercially on the Arkansas River. When his sixteen hoop nets were missing, he suspected Andrew Shepherd (appellant) and, with the help of friends, he apprehended Shepherd and then called the police. Looper filed suit against Shepherd for conversion and Shepherd filed a counterclaim for assault and battery. Nine of the nets were recovered after about a week, but the remaining nets were never recovered.
A jury trial was held and Looper was awarded $20,000 in compensatory damages for his nets and lost income and $10,000 in punitive damages.…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Ray Dodge, Inc. v. MooreSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1972
- Jim Halsey Co., Inc. v. BonarSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1985
- Life & Cas. Ins. Co. of Tennessee v. PadgettSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1966
- Gordon v. McLearnSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1916
- Fort Smith Iron & Steel Mills v. Southern Round Bale Press Co.Supreme Court of Arkansas · 1919
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3Cited by12 opinions
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- City Nat. Bank of Fort Smith v. GoodwinSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1990
- Johnson v. GillilandSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1995
- McKenzie v. Tom Gibson Ford, Inc.Supreme Court of Arkansas · 1988
- Walt Bennett Ford, Inc. v. KeckSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1989
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