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LITTLETON v. BLANTON

No. 83-163.

665 S.W.2d 239 (1984)

281 Ark. 395

Ronald J. LITTLETON and Jerry F. O'Neal, Appellants, v. E.P. BLANTON; The City of Marked Tree, Arkansas, by Howard Dawson, its Mayor, the State of Arkansas, by Steve Clark, its Attorney General, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

February 13, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Everett, Lepanto, for appellants.

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Jackson & Tucker by Byron Freeland and Debra K. Brown, Little Rock, M. Burk Dabney, Jr., Marked Tree, and Steve Clark, Atty. Gen. by E. Jeffery Story, Asst. Atty. Gen., Little Rock, for appellees.

J. GASTON WILLIAMSON, Special Justice.

Appellants were tried and convicted of misdemeanor criminal charges in the Municipal Court of Marked Tree, Arkansas. The Marked Tree Municipal Court was created pursuant to Act 616 of the 1975 Acts of the General Assembly of the State of Arkansas ("Act 616"). Appellants challenged the validity of the Marked Tree Municipal Court on the ground that Act 616 violates the 14th Amendment to the Arkansas Constitution of 1874 which prohibits...

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