§ 15-72-106 - Court review by aggrieved person -- Injunction. - Arkansas Statutes

15-72-106. Court review by aggrieved person -- Injunction.

(a) Any interested person adversely affected by any statute of this state with respect to conservation of oil or gas, or both; by any provisions of this act; by any rule, regulation, or order made by the Oil and Gas Commission hereunder; or by any act done or threatened hereunder, and who has exhausted his or her administrative remedy, may obtain court review and seek relief by a suit for injunction against the commission as defendant or against the members of the commission by suit in the circuit court of the county in which the property involved is located.

(b) The suit shall have precedence over all other causes, proceedings, or suits on the docket of a different nature, and the attorney representing the commission may have the case set for trial after ten (10) days' notice to the plaintiff or his or her attorney.

(c) In the trial, the burden of proof shall be upon the plaintiff, and all pertinent evidence with respect to the validity and reasonableness of the order of the commission complained of shall be admissible.

(d) The statute, provision of this act, or the rule, regulation, or order complained of shall be taken as prima facie valid, and such presumption shall not be overcome in connection with any application for injunctive relief, including temporary restraining order, by verified bill or affidavit of or in behalf of the applicant.

(e) The right of review accorded by this section shall be inclusive of all other remedies, but the right of appeal shall lie as hereinafter set forth.