SMITH v. FAUBUS

No. 5-1810.

327 S.W.2d 562 (1959)

Roland SMITH et al. Appellants, v. Orval FAUBUS, Chairman, et al. Appellees.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

Rehearing Denied October 19, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James M. Nabrit, Washington, D. C, U. Simpson Tate, Dallas, Tex, Thad D. Williams, Harold B. Anderson and J. R. Booker, Little Rock, for appellants.

R. B. McCulloch, Richard B. McCulloch, Jr., Forrest City, J. L. Shaver, Wynne, for appellees.


McFADDIN, Justice.

This appeal presents for decision the validity of Acts 83 and 85 of the 1957 Arkansas General Assembly. Appellants, Smith et al, were plaintiffs below. They filed suit for declaratory judgment, inter alia, and claimed that both of the said Acts were void. Appellees, Faubus et al, were defendants below, and constitute the membership of the State Sovereignty Commission created by the said Act No. 83. The Chancery Court held both Acts to be...

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