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WHITE v. HANKINS

No. 82-39.

637 S.W.2d 603 (1982)

Honorable Frank WHITE, Governor and Raymond Pritchett, Appellants, v. H. T. HANKINS, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

Rehearing Denied September 13, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steve Clark, Atty. Gen., Little Rock, by Frederick K. Campbell, Asst. Atty. Gen., Little Rock and Thomas B. Keys and Christopher Parker, Little Rock, for Ark. State Highway Com'n.

Pickens, Boyce, McLarty & Watson, by James A. McLarty, Newport, for appellee.

HOLT, Justice.

The issue in this case is whether the appellant Governor Frank White's appointment of appellant Raymond Pritchett, confirmed by the senate, to the Arkansas State Highway Commission was contrary to Amendment 42, Ark.Const. (1874), which provides "that no two Commissioners shall be appointed from any single Congressional District." Shortly after the appointment appellee sought a declaratory judgment that Patsy Thomasson, an existing member of the Commission...

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