MOORMAN v. PRIEST

No. 92-944.

837 S.W.2d 886 (1992)

310 Ark. 525

Luke MOORMAN, D.M. Cox, Diane Davis and Charlene Hardcastle, Appellants, v. Sharon D. PRIEST, Mayor, and the City of Little Rock, and Vaughn McQUARY, Bob Brooks, and Mary Louis Williams as Members of the Pulaski County Election Commission, v. Jim LYNCH, Jean Gordon, Jim Finch, Dale Charles, Dalton Jones, Sammy Mills, Johnnie Pugh, Kathy Wells, Brenda Wyrick, and Tommy Hudson, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

October 5, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John I. Purtle, Karen K. Johnson, Little Rock, for appellants.

Thomas M. Carpenter, William C. Mann, Jeanette Hamilton, Peggy Johnson, Paul White, Little Rock, for appellees.


DUDLEY, Justice.

The trial court declared that a proposed ballot issue to change the form of city government was invalid and directed the county election commission to remove the proposal from the ballot. We affirm that declaratory judgment.

Prior to 1957 the City of Little Rock was organized under the aldermanic form of government. The mayor was directly elected by majority vote, and two aldermen were elected from each of five wards. The city attorney, city...

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