ARKANSAS RELEASE GUIDANCE FOUNDATION v. NEEDLER

No. 5-5543.

477 S.W.2d 821 (1972)

ARKANSAS RELEASE GUIDANCE FOUNDATION, Appellant, v. R. J. NEEDLER, Chairman "Halfway House Opposition Committee", Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

March 20, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bailey, Trimble & Holt, by Jack Holt, Jr., Little Rock, for appellant.

Carpenter, Finch & McArthur, Little Rock, for appellee.

Ray Thornton, Atty. Gen., by Fred H. Harrison, Asst. Atty. Gen., Little Rock, amici curiae.


E. J. BALL, Special Justice.

This appeal involves the question of whether the lower court correctly found by a preponderance of the evidence and upon competent evidence, that the operation of a home for parolees and prisoners, known as a halfway house, apparently meaning a step between actual incarceration and full return to society, constituted a nuisance in fact of a private nature. The evidence established diminution in property values in the area since the acquisition...

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