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Ark. Code Ann. § 16-111-106

Discretionary

Applied in 23 court decisions — leading case Smith v. Sidney Moncrief Pontiac, Buick, GMC Co. (2003)

Most recently applied in Philip Palade, Gregory Borse, and J. Thomas Sullivan, on Behalf of Themselves and All Others Similarly Situated v. Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas System Ed Fryar, ph.D., in His Official Capacity as Trustee Steve Cox, in His Official Capacity as Trustee Tommy Boyer, in His Official Capacity as Trustee Sheffield Nelson, in His Official Capacity as Trustee C.C. Gibson, in His Official Capacity as Trustee Stephen Broughton, M.D., in His Official Capacity as Trustee Kelly Eichler, in Her Official Capacity as Trustee Morril Harriman, in His Official Capacity as Trustee Mark Waldrip, in His Official Capacity as Trustee And John Goodson, in His Official Capacity as Trustee (June 2022)

Acts 1953, No. 274, § 5; A.S.A. 1947, § 34-2505.

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The court may refuse to render or enter a declaratory judgment or decree where such judgment or decree, if rendered or entered, would not terminate the uncertainty or controversy giving rise to the proceeding.

Current official text: Arkansas General Assembly. Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Arkansas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.