FORT SMITH SCHOOL DIST. v. BEEBE

No. 08-618.

322 S.W.3d 1 (2009)

2009 Ark. 333

FORT SMITH SCHOOL DISTRICT; Greenwood School District; Lavaca School District; Alma School District; Ozark School District; Mansfield School District; Van Buren School District; County Line School District; Charleston School District; Paris School District; Cedarville School District; Mulberry School District; Mountainburg School District; Bonneville School District; and James O. Cox, Esq., Appellants, v. Mike BEEBE, Governor, State of Arkansas; the Arkansas State Board of Education, Randy Lawson, Chair; Sherry Burrow; Diane Tatum; Dr. Naccaman Williams; Jim Cooper; Brenda Gullett; Samuel Ledbetter; Alice Williams Mahoney; and Dr. Ben Mays, All in their Official Capacities as Members of the State Board of Education, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

June 4, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thompson and Llewellyn, P.A., by: James M. Llewellyn, Jr. , and William P. Thompson , Fort Smith, for appellants.

Dustin McDaniel , Att'y Gen., by: Scott P. Richardson , Ass't Att'y Gen., for appellee.


ANNABELLE CLINTON IMBER, Justice.

Appellants consist of various school districts in Arkansas1 and James O. Cox, a taxpayer and resident of the Greenwood School District (together "Appellants"). Appellants originally filed a complaint against Mike Huckabee, in his capacity as Governor of Arkansas, and other state officials2 (together "Appellees"), on May 30, 2003. The original complaint alleged that Appellees...

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