national Battalion/Page 8 January 20, 1982 Town gets federal thumping for operating ‘kangaroo court’ United Press International BAUXITE, Ark. — You may have driven through a town like this once, some dusty dot on the map, and heard that siren be hind you. It was what one lawyer calls an American tradition — the speed trap. Bauxite, a one-time boom- town that fell on hard times, is described by Mayor Brenda Cockrell as “433 people and not even a mile across” and is about 20 miles southwest of Little Rock in central Arkansas. For five years it supported itself partly on traffic fines — lots of them. Last year a local teenager, Eddie Jones, was ticketed for going 36 mph in a 25 mph zone. “A heinous crime,” joked his attorney George Ellis. Ellis filed suit in federal court in September 1980 on behalf of Jones and his father, Harold, saying the town’s “kangaroo court” was created only to gen erate revenue. On Friday, U.S. District Judge George Howard Jr. signed a federal court consent decree closing the town’s Muni cipal Court and abolishing its police department. Ellis said it “ended an American tradition.” “We shut down a speed trap, and I think our efforts were suc cessful,” he said. The suit said the court, which began opera tions in 1976, was not legally established and the town’s police officers were not properly certi fied. Aluminum Company of America operated the area’s bauxite mines during World War II and owned the town “lock, stock and barrel,” Ellis said. The original town never was incorporated. City Attorney Paul Lancaster, who worked with Ellis to settle the federal court case, agrees the speed-trap allegation probably was true. “But I don’t think they set it upjust to get out and make some money,” Lancaster. “They wanted a police department and needed money to pay for it. But really, they got a little overambi- tious.” Actually, the town already had done away with its court and police department — lasf year. Lancaster said he accepted the job last year on the condition that city officials abolish the court. Early in 1981, the town agreed to close the court and de pend on the Saline County sher iff for law and order. “We won’t have a court ever again,” said Mayor Cockrell, Porn policy soften in Pasadena who took office in January 1981 and led the movement to abolish the court. The consent decree did not assess any damages against the town, and Bauxite did not admit to any of the allegations. It will, however, have to pay court costs of about $6,700 and attorney fees of about $3,000 under the settlement. Also, the city will have to re fund any fines. Lancaster and the mayor both said they do not expect the re funds to bankrupt the city. “We have low finances and it all depends on how many people will come forward,” said the mayor. “Some people deserved it. It will depend on the people’s conscience.” Hughes question in a state United Press International WASHINGTON — Nearly six years after the death of bil lionaire recluse Howard Hughes, two states remain at square one in the Supreme Court in their fight to tax his riches. Texas and California claim Hughes as a resident, which would give them the right to tax his enormous estate. The outcome could mean millions of dollars for the victorious state’s treasury. But up to now, there has been no resolution about who has the authority to make the crucial finding of which state was Hughes’ official home when he died on April 5, 1976, at 70. Attorneys Monday turned over that question to the Sup reme Court, which is expected to hand down a decision by July- During more than an hour of arguments before the high court, an attorney for Califor nia urged the justices to de cide Hughes’ residency. But Texas lawyer Rick Har rison warned that would be a “factual nightmare” involving a complete investigation of Hughes’ life and travels, and said state courts should act on the issue first. 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