LEATHERS v. GULF RICE ARKANSAS, INC.

No. 98-737.

994 S.W.2d 481 (1999)

338 Ark. 425

Tim LEATHERS, Commissioner of Revenues; Martha Ahrent, George Dunklin, Marvin Hare, David Hillman, Jerry Hoskyn, John King, Jon Lambi, Carl Morrison, and Joe Rennicke, in their Capacities as Directors of the Arkansas Rice Research and Promotion Board; and Riceland Foods, Inc.; Producers Rice Mill, Inc., Riviana Foods, Inc. (Intervenors), Appellants, v. GULF RICE ARKANSAS, INC., and Gulf Pacific Rice Co., Inc., Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

July 15, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Winston Bryant, Att'y Gen., by: Arnold M. Jocums, Asst. Att'y Gen., Little Rock, for appellant Arkansas Rice Research and Promotion Board.

Friday, Eldredge & Clark, by: William Waddell, Jr., Little Rock, for appellant David Hillman.

Michael J. Wehrle, Little Rock, for appellant Arkansas Dep't of Finance and Administration, Revenue Division.

Hill, Gilstrap, Perkins, & Warner, by: G. Alan Perkins, Little Rock, for appellants/intervenors Riceland Foods Inc., Producers Rice Mill, Inc, and Rivana Foods, Inc.

Hilburn, Calhoon, Harper, Pruniski & Calhoon, Ltd., by: David M. Fuqua, North Little Rock, for appellees.


TOM GLAZE, Justice.

Appellees Gulf Rice Arkansas, Inc., and Gulf Pacific Rice Co., Inc. (referred to collectively as "Gulf Rice"), filed suit against appellants Tim Leathers, the State Commissioner of Revenues, and the individual directors of the Arkansas Rice Research and Promotion Board (referred to collectively as "Board"). Riceland Foods, Inc., Producers Rice Mill, Inc., and Riviana Foods, Inc. (referred to collectively as "Riceland Foods"), intervened in the...

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