LITTLE ROCK — 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 courts. state.ar.us.
PROCEEDINGS OF NOV. 8, 2012
CHIEF JUSTICE JIM HANNAH 11-1273. Tom Muccio, Mike Muccio,
and Next Chapter Resources,
LLC v. Johnelle Hunt; Phil Phillips;
Mike Lax; Tommy Vaughan; Walter
Smiley; Michael Johnson; Amy
Sorrell; David Schumacher; Trey
Trumbo; J.B. Hunt, LLC; Johnelle
Hunt, LLC; Phil and Judy Phillips
Family Limited Partnership, LLLP;
TCH Investments, LLC; Big Horn
Lodge Financing, LLC; BioBased
Holdings, LLC; Smiley Investment
Company; Lax, Vaughan, Fortson,
McKenzie & Rowe, P.A.; Homestead
Homes, LLC; and Next Generation
Holdings, LLC, from Washington
Circuit. Motions to dismiss appeal
upon certification from the Arkansas
Court of Appeals. Denied. Goodson,
J., not participating.
JUSTICE DONALD L. CORBIN 12-106. James Lee Brown v. Janice
Marie Lee, from Pulaski Circuit,
Sixth Division. Affirmed.
JUSTICE PAUL E. DANIELSON 12-146. Zelda Walls and Richard
Gawenis v. Arkansas Oil & Gas
Commission; and SEECO, Inc.,
from Van Buren Circuit. Affirmed
in part; dismissed in part; Court of
Appeals opinion vacated. Baker, J.,
not participating.
12-163. Benefit Bank v. Marilyn Rogers,
from Sebastian Circuit, Greenwood
District. Affirmed; Court of Appeals
opinion vacated.
JUSTICE KAREN R. BAKER CR11-1270. Samuel Lee Conway
v. State, from Garland Circuit.
Reversed and remanded for new
trial.
12-176. Bobby L. Harrell v. State,
from Sharp Circuit. Reversed and
remanded.
JUSTICE COURTNEY HUDSON GOODSON 12-276. 40 Retail Corporation v. City of
Clarksville, from Johnson Circuit.
Reversed and remanded.
Arkansas, Pages 11 on 11/09/2012