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.

Pulaski County Judge Mackie Pierce granted a motion by attorney Justin Zachary of the Little Rock law firm Denton & Zachary PLLC to dismiss the lawsuit without prejudice.

The action came after the Arkansas Supreme Court ruled last week 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.