Page:State ex rel. Bryant v. R & A Investment Co.pdf/1

Rh

98-198


 * 1) J –  – . – Summary judgment is appropriate when there are no genuine issues of material fact to be litigated, and the moving party is entitled to judgment as a matter of law; in making this determination, the court views the evidence in the light most favorable to the parties resisting the motion and resolves all doubts and inferences in their favor.
 * 2) U –  – G A. – Article 19, section 13, of the Arkansas Constitution expressly authorizes the General Assembly to enact legislation to punish parties who knowingly violate the constitutional usury provisions; the plain language of subsection (b) mandates that the General Assembly prohibit usurious contracts.
 * 3) U –  – S. – The supreme court