Legal Opinion
Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality v. Brighton Corp.
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Decided April 3, 2003No. 02-321PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Tom Glaze, Justice.
The Arkansas Department of Envitice. Quality (“DEQ”) appeals from an order of the Jefferson County Circuit Court dismissing its complaint with prejudice. This appeal requires us to construe Ark. Code Ann. § 8-7-501 et seq. (Repl. 2000), the Remedial Action Trust Fund Act (“RATFA”), and jurisdiction is therefore proper in this court under Ark. Sup. Ct. R. l-2(b)(6).
On March 15, 2001, DEQ filed a lawsuit against fifteen separate defendants,1 seeking a declaratory judgment. The fifteen defendants were alleged to be customers of a defunct corporation called Utility Services,…
2Cases cited24 opinions
- Ford v. KeithSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1999
- ERC Contractor Yard & Sales v. RobertsonSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1998
- Burcham v. City of Van BurenSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1997
- Stephens v. Arkansas School for the BlindSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2000
- Kildow v. Baldwin Piano & OrganSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1998
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3Cited by27 opinions
- Spence v. Spence Ex Rel. SpenceSupreme Court of South Carolina · 2006
- McMullen v. McHughes Law FirmSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2015
- Arkansas State Claims Commission v. Duit Construction Co.Supreme Court of Arkansas · 2014
- Sluder v. Steak & Ale of Little Rock, Inc.Supreme Court of Arkansas · 2006
- Skydive Myrtle Beach, Inc. v. Horry Cnty.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 2019
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