Arkansas Supreme Court

Friday, November 9, 2012

— 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