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NANCE v. WILLIAMS

No. 77-314.

564 S.W.2d 212 (1978)

W. N. NANCE et al., Appellants, v. Horace WILLIAMS, Chairman, et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Arkansas, In Banc.

April 17, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William B. Howard, Jonesboro, for appellants.

Wright, Lindsey & Jennings, Little Rock, for appellees.

GEORGE ROSE SMITH, Justice.

We have had two statutes asserting and protecting the public's right to information about the transaction of public business and the conduct of public affairs. In this suit for a declaratory judgment the principal question is whether the later statute, the Freedom of Information Act, repealed the earlier one by implication. Act 93 of 1967, Ark.Stat.Ann. §§ 12-2801 et seq. (Repl.1968); Act 343 of 1953, Ark.Stat.Ann. §...

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