CITY OF CONWAY v. SHUMATE

No. CV-16-284.

511 S.W.3d 319 (2017)

2017 Ark. 36

CITY OF CONWAY, an Arkansas Municipality, Appellant v. Richard SHUMATE, Jr., and Damon Reed, on behalf of themselves and all other similarly situated persons and entities, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

Opinion Delivered: February 16, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harrington, Miller, Kieklak, Eichmann & Brown, P.A., by: Thomas K. Kieklak and R. Justin Eichmann , Springdale, for appellant.

Thrash Law Firm, P.A., Little Rock, by: Thomas P. Thrash and Marcus Neil Bozeman ; and Wood Law Firm, Russellville, by: Russell A. Wood , for appellees.


A class of police officers and firefighters brought a class-action complaint against their employer, the City of Conway. The class alleged that the City breached its employment contract with them when it failed to allocate sales-tax revenues to fund salary increases. The issue before us now is the circuit court...

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