Robert Steinbuch v. University of Arkansas

Summary

The court affirmed dismissal of Steinbuch’s non-FOIA claims on direct appeal and dismissed the University’s cross-appeal as moot. It held that official-capacity claims for monetary relief were barred by sovereign immunity, individual-capacity claims under the AWBA and ACRA were unavailable, and the tortious-interference and civil-conspiracy claims were inadequately pleaded. The court declined to reach the injunctive-relief sovereign-immunity issue because it was not preserved and rejected the contention that the University waived immunity by providing statutorily required notice.