A judge has dismissed an illegal-exaction lawsuit filed against the Arkansas Racing Commission and its director and the state Department of Finance and Administration secretary over not providing at least $200,000 a year for compulsive gambling disorder treatment and educational programs in prior years under a 2018 constitutional amendment that authorized four full-fledged casinos in Arkansas.
The Arkansas Supreme Court ruled Thursday that attorneys are not authorized to receive payment in an illegal-exaction lawsuit brought against multiple state agencies, calling into question the future of filing accountability lawsuits against the state.
The Arkansas Supreme Court has reversed a circuit court decision that required the Arkansas Department of Transportation to pay more than $18 million in attorneys’ fees.
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