 Williams joined other members of his faith and appealed similar convictions occurring across the state to the Arkansas Supreme Court in "Berry v. City of Hope", challenging the city ordinance as unconstitutional under the First Amendment.The court agreed and held the ordinances unconstitutional.The "Mighty 1090" KAAY radio station sponsored the Rebel Springs Rock Festival of 1973 east of Sheridan on Highway 270 that included ZZ Top as a headliner.