Supreme Court of Arkansas

Leslie Rutledge v. Pratt Cates Remmel, Jr. Gale…

April 14, 20222022 Ark. 86

Summary

The court held that taxpayers failed to plead facts showing that the Attorney General acted ultra vires, so sovereign immunity barred their request for injunctive relief. It also held that statutory immunity barred the individual-capacity illegal-exaction claim because the complaint did not allege malicious conduct. The official-capacity illegal-exaction claim was not protected by the asserted immunities, but the court dismissed that portion of the interlocutory appeal because it was not appealable at this stage.