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CITY OF PINE BLUFF v. JONES

No. 06-1032.

258 S.W.3d 361 (2007)

CITY OF PINE BLUFF, Arkansas; Dutch King, in his Official Capacity as Mayor of the City of Pine Bluff, Arkansas; Irene Holcomb, Jack Foster, Derwood Smith, Dale Dixon, Bill Brumett, Wayne Easterly, Jackie Kirby, and Janice Roberts, in Their Official Capacities as Aldermen of the City of Pine Bluff, Arkansas, Appellants, v. Jack JONES, Jefferson County Judge, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

June 7, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark R. Hays, North Little Rock, for appellants.

Bachelor & Newell, by: C. Burt Newell, Hot Springs, for appellee.

TOM GLAZE, Justice.

In this appeal, the appellant, the City of Pine Bluff ("the City"), and the appellee, Jefferson County ("the County"), ask our court to decide what is meant by the phrase "prisoners of municipalities," a term found in Ark.Code Ann. § 12-41-506(a)(1) (Repl.2003). The lawsuit at issue in this case stemmed from an October 1993 contract between the County and the City. Under the terms of that contract, the County was to build a thirty-two bed...

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