Appendix H Model Petition for Review
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DAVID HARRIS APPELLANT
V.
CITY OF FORT SMITH, ARKANSAS, et al. APPELLEES
CASE NO. 03-951
R. Christopher Lawson
Arkansas Bar No. 93083
Friday, Eldredge & Clark, LLP
3425 North Futrall Drive, Suite 103
Fayetteville, Arkansas 72703-4811
Telephone: 479-695-1888
Telecopier: 479-695-2147
Lawson@fridayfirm.com
Attorneys for Appellees
On April 14, 2004, the Arkansas Court of Appeals delivered its Opinion reversing the circuit court's interpretation of the Arkansas Freedom of Information Act, Ark. Code Ann. § 25-19-101 et seq. (the "FOIA"). In addition to reversing the order granting the Appellees' Motion for Summary Judgment, the Court of Appeals sua sponte fashioned prospective relief in the form of an "injunction prohibiting further violations of the FOIA." Slip Opinion, p. 9. The propriety of prospective relief in the form of a permanent injunction was not addressed by the circuit court or the parties on appeal.
This appeal arises from the circuit court's interpretation of the FOIA on undisputed facts. The Appellant challenged the propriety of one-on-one conversations between the City Administrator, a non-member of the Board of Directors (the "Board"), and each member of the Board prior to the City Administrator's submission of a bid on property being sold at a public foreclosure auction. The Appellant admitted that the Board ratified the submission of the successful bid and the purchase of the...
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- Front Matter
- Chapter 1 Things You Need to Know
- Chapter 2 Final Judgments and Appealable Orders
- Chapter 3 Preserving Error
- Chapter 4 Stay and Supersedeas
- Chapter 5 The Notice of Appeal-civil
- Chapter 6 The Notice of Appeal — Criminal
- Chapter 7 Preparing and Filing the Record-civil
- Chapter 8 Filing the Record in a Criminal Case
- Chapter 9 Standards of Review on Appeal
- Chapter 10 The Abstract and Addendum
- Chapter 11 Writing Appellate Briefs
- Chapter 12 Writing Amicus Briefs
- Chapter 13 Oral Argument
- Chapter 14 Petitions for Rehearing
- Chapter 15 Petitions for Review
- Chapter 16 Special Kinds of Appeals
- Chapter 17 Motion Practice in the Arkansas Appellate Courts
- Chapter 18 Special and Extraordinary Proceedings
- Chapter 19 Ethical Issues in Appellate Practice
- Chapter 20 Dependency/neglect Appeals
- Appendix A Appeal Deadlines Checklist
- Appendix B Model Appellate Forms
- Appendix C Model Appellant's Brief
- Appendix D Model Appellee's Brief
- Appendix E Model Reply Brief
- Appendix F Model Amicus Motions and Briefs
- Appendix G Model Petition for Rehearing
- Appendix H Model Petition for Review
- Appendix I Bibliography on Appellate Practice
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