1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. S.W.2d
  4. 544 S.W.2d
  5. 544 S.W.2d 206 (1976)
 

MAYOR, ETC., OF EL DORADO v. EL DORADO BROADCASTING

No. 76-99.

544 S.W.2d 206 (1976)

The MAYOR & CITY COUNCIL OF EL DORADO, Appellants, v. EL DORADO BROADCASTING COMPANY and Carl Connerton, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Arkansas. In Banc.

December 20, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. V. Spencer, III, City Atty., El Dorado, for appellants.

No brief filed by appellee.

BYRD, Justice.

Following some complaints by the black residents of the City of El Dorado about the use of federal revenue funds, the mayor held a conference in his office, at which four of the city's eight aldermen were in attendance, together with the city attorney and a man from the Mediation Service of the U. S. Department of Justice. Carl Connerton, a news reporter, was refused admittance to that conference. The record indicates that as a result of that meeting...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases