Arkansas Supreme Court

The Arkansas Supreme Court released opinions Thursday. The court's ruling and the names of the cases are reprinted here. The full opinions and other court proceedings, including per curiam decisions, orders and submissions, can be found on the internet at arcourts.gov.

PROCEEDINGS OF NOV. 14, 2019

CHIEF JUSTICE JOHN DAN KEMP

CR-18-1029. Travis Price v. State of Arkansas, from Jefferson County Circuit Court. Affirmed. Hart, J., dissents.

CV-19-175. Industrial Welding Supplies of Hattiesburg, LLC; Airgas, Inc.; and Airgas USA, LLC v. John Pinson and Larry Murphy on Behalf of Themselves and All Others Similarly Situated, from Union County Circuit Court. Affirmed.

JUSTICE JOSEPHINE LINKER HART

CR-19-248. Gerald Herbert Lowery v. State of Arkansas, from Miller County Circuit Court. Affirmed. Baker, J., concurs without written opinion. Womack, J., concurs in part and dissents in part.

JUSTICE RHONDA K. WOOD

CR-18-839. Benjamin Ward Ledwell v. State of Arkansas, from Hot Spring County Circuit Court. Reversed and dismissed. Hudson, Wynne, and Womack, JJ., dissent.

CR-19-15. Shaniqua Finley v. State of Arkansas, from Pulaski County Circuit Court, First Division. Affirmed. Hart, J., dissents.

JUSTICE KAREN R. BAKER

CR-18-750. Roy Treat v. State of Arkansas, from White County Circuit Court. Reversed and remanded; court of appeals' opinion vacated. Hart, J., concurs. Kemp, C.J., and Wood and Womack, JJ., dissent.

JUSTICE COURTNEY RAE HUDSON

CV-19-217. Heather Vaughn and Dawn France v. Mercy Clinic Fort Smith Communities; Mercy Health Fort Smith Communities; and Cooper Clinic, P.A., from Sebastian County Circuit Court, Fort Smith District. Reversed and remanded. Special Justice Randall L. Bynum joins. Hart, J., concurs. Wood, Wynne, and Womack, JJ., dissent. Kemp, C.J., not participating.

JUSTICE ROBIN F. WYNNE

CV-19-390. Jessie Hill v. Hon. Jodi Raines Dennis, Circuit Judge, from Lincoln County Circuit Court. Appellant's pro se motion to proceed without a complete record and pro se third motion to file incomplete record, motion for an extension, motion against clerk, petition for certiorari to complete the record, and motion seeking waiver of addendum obligation, letter of communication with the court. Appeal dismissed; motions and petition moot.

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