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 JUNE 20, 2019
JUSTICE SHAWN A. WOMACK
CV-18-813. Meranda Martin, Successor Special Administratrix of the Estate of Virgil Brown, Jr., Deceased v. Dr. Leslie Smith, from Pulaski County Circuit Court, Seventeenth Division. Affirmed; Court of Appeals opinion vacated. Hart and Wynne, JJ., dissent.
JUSTICE KAREN R. BAKER
CV-18-684. Steven L. McArthur v. State of Arkansas, from Lee County Circuit Court. Appellant's pro se motion for default judgment. Affirmed; motion denied. Hart, J., dissents.
JUSTICE COURTNEY HUDSON GOODSON
CV-18-351. City of Fort Smith, a Municipal Corporation; Keith Lau, in His Official Capacity as a City Director of the City of Fort Smith; Mike Lorenz, in His Official Capacity as a City Director of the City of Fort Smith; and Andre Good, in His Official Capacity as a City Director of the City of Fort Smith v. Bruce Wade, from Sebastian County Circuit Court, Fort Smith District. Reversed and remanded. Hart, Wood, Wynne, and Womack, JJ., concur in part and dissent in part.
JUSTICE ROBIN F. WYNNE
CV-18-136. Arkansas Game and Fish Commission and Jeff Crow, as Director of the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission v. Greg Heslep and Keith Heslep, from Pulaski County Circuit Court, Second Division. Affirmed in part; reversed in part and remanded. Special Justice Doug Schrantz joins in this opinion. Baker, J., dissents. Goodson, J., not participating.
CV-18-623. Kevin Hackie v. Colonel William J. Bryant, in His Official Capacity as the Director of the Arkansas State Police, from Pulaski County Circuit Court, Sixth Division. Reversed and remanded on direct appeal; cross-appeal dismissed as moot. Baker, J., dissents.
CV-19-40. Eric Johnson v. Wendy Kelley, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction, from Lincoln County Circuit Court. Appellant's pro se motion to file supplemental addendum and substituted brief; motion for copy of record at public expense; motion for rule on clerk; motion to file substituted brief and supplemental addendum and request to withdraw pending motions. Appeal dismissed; motions moot. Hart, J., dissents.
Metro on 06/21/2019