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DUST v. RIVIERE

Nos. 82-173, 82-190.

638 S.W.2d 663 (1982)

277 Ark. 1

Edward DUST, et al, Petitioners, v. Paul RIVIERE, Secretary of State, et al, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

Rehearing Denied September 27, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Coleman, Gantt, Ramsay & Cox by E. Harley Cox Pine Bluff, Davidson, Horne, Hollingsworth, Arnold & Gromyer by Walter Davidson, Little Rock, Thompson, Paddock & Llewellyn by Bill Thompson, Fort Smith, Oscar Fendler, Blytheville, and Friday, Eldredge & Clark by Herschel H. Friday, Frederick S. Ursery, Robert S. Shafer, Little Rock, for petitioners.

Steve Clark, Atty. Gen. by David L. Williams, Deputy Atty. Gen., and Mary Stallcup, Asst. Atty. Gen., Little Rock, for Secretary of State, Paul Riviere.

Rose Law Firm, Little Rock, amicus curiae in support of petitioners by Arkansas Poultry Federation.

Wright, Lindsey & Jennings by Alston Jennings, J. Mark Davis, Edward L. Lowther, Little Rock, amicus curiae in support of petitioners by Reynolds Metals Co.

James F. Lane, Little Rock, for petitioner-intervenor, John F. Wells.

Youngdahl & Larrison and Walter W. Nixon, III, Little Rock, for respondent-intervenor, Ratepayers Fight Back.

HICKMAN, Justice.

This is an original action by the petitioners seeking an injunction to prohibit the Secretary of State from certifying a proposed constitutional amendment as valid. John F. Wells, individually, and Independent Voters of Arkansas, Inc., were allowed to intervene as petitioners and they raise issues other than the validity of the ballot title. Ratepayers Fight Back, representative of several Arkansas organizations, has been allowed to intervene as...

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