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 DEC. 3, 2020
CHIEF JUSTICE JOHN DAN KEMP
CR-20-197. Dusten Blake Ward v. State of Arkansas, from Benton County Circuit Court. Appellant's pro se motion to file supplemental brief; motion to reinvest jurisdiction in the trial court. Affirmed; motions denied. Hart, J., dissents.
CV-19-962. Bear Chaney, in His Official Capacity as Director of the Arkansas Assessment Coordination Division of the State of Arkansas v. Union Producing, LLC; J. David Reynolds Company; J. David Reynolds III; Panther Creek Properties, LLC; E&L Oil, LLC; Jerry Langley Oil Company, LLC; James Langley Operating Company, Inc.; James Wallace Langley; Berg Laney & Brown Company; Berg Royalty Company; Arkansas Production Services, LLC; Smackover Resources, Inc.; TOC, LLC; and Dan Reynolds Company, from Ouachita County Circuit Court. Reversed and remanded in part; dismissed in part. Baker, J., concurs without opinion. Hart and Wynne, JJ., dissent.
CV-20-624. Michael John Gray, in His Official Capacity as Chairman of the Democratic Party of Arkansas; and Nicole Hart, in Her Official Capacity as Chair of the Democratic Party of Arkansas's Nominating Convention for House District 12 v. Doyle Webb, on Behalf of the Republican Party of Arkansas; and David Tollett, a Resident, Qualified Elector, and the Republican Nominee for Arkansas House District 12, from Pulaski County Circuit Court, Seventeenth Division. Affirmed. (Proceedings of November 24, 2020)
JUSTICE RHONDA K. WOOD
CV-20-247. City of Little Rock and Little Rock Municipal Airport Commission v. Pulaski County Assessor Janet Troutman Ward, from Pulaski County Circuit Court, Twelfth Division. Reversed. Hart and Womack, JJ., concur.
CV-20-278. Lee Charles Millsap v. Dexter Payne, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction, from Lincoln County Circuit Court. Affirmed. Hart, J., dissents.
JUSTICE KAREN R. BAKER
CV-20-219. Roman Cervantes v. Wendy Kelley, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction, from Jefferson County Circuit Court. Affirmed.
CV-20-639. Andrew Kimbrell v. John Thurston, in His Official Capacity as Secretary of State for the State of Arkansas, from Pulaski County Circuit Court, Ninth Division. Dismissed. Mandate to issue immediately. Hart and Womack, JJ., concur. Kemp, C.J., and Wood, J., dissent.
JUSTICE COURTNEY RAE HUDSON
CV-20-167. Arkansas Development Finance Authority v. Jean Wiley and Rosalind Williams, from Chicot County Circuit Court. Reversed and dismissed. Baker and Wynne, JJ., concur. Hart, J., dissents.
JUSTICE ROBIN F. WYNNE
CV-20-26. Wendell Rogers v. Wendy Kelley, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction, from Jefferson County Circuit Court. Reversed and remanded. Wood and Womack, JJ., dissent without opinion.