KEARNEY v. CITY OF LITTLE ROCK

No. CA 07-1317.

302 S.W.3d 629 (2009)

2009 Ark. App. 125

Janetta KEARNEY, Appellant, v. CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Arkansas.

February 25, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kearney Law Office, by: Jack R. Kearney, Little Rock, AR, for appellant.

Thomas M. Carpenter, City Attorney, and Julia Hudson, Ass't City Attorney, Little Rock, AR, for appellee.


M. MICHAEL KINARD, Judge.

This appeal involves the right of cities, acting under their police power, to raze structures that have become detrimental to the public welfare. It arises from a long-standing controversy between the City of Little Rock (the City) and appellant Janetta Kearney over the restoration of a dilapidated house that she owns. By ordinance, the City found the house to be a nuisance and ordered it razed. Appellant sought an injunction in Pulaski County...

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