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 APRIL 18, 2013
CHIEF JUSTICE JIM HANNAH 12-540. First Arkansas Bank &
Trust, Trustee; First Arkansas
Bank & Trust; Bank of England;
Merchants and Planters Bank;
The Capital Bank; Heber Springs
State Bank; Timberland Bank;
Arkansas Bankers’ Bank; and M&P
Community Bancshares, Inc. v. Gill
Elrod Ragon Owen & Sherman,
P.A.; Christopher L. Travis, P.A.;
Dream Team Holdings 1, LLC; and
Fayetteville Municipal Property
Owners’ Improvement District No.
12 - Belclaire, from Pulaski Circuit,
Fifth Division. Affirmed in part;
reversed and remanded in part.
Baker and Hart, JJ., dissent.
12-959. Elmer Graham, individually,
and in his official capacity v. Iris
Cawthorn, from Prairie Circuit,
Northern District. Reversed and
remanded.
JUSTICE DONALD L. CORBIN 12-958. Roger McLemore, Charles
McLemore, and Mike Hall,
individually, and on behalf of a
class consisting of members of the
Arkansas State Police Retirement
System v. Richard Weiss, Director,
Arkansas Department of Finance
and Administration; J.R. Howard,
Director, Department of Arkansas
State Police; Gail H. Stone,
Executive Secretary, Arkansas
State Police Retirement System;
John W. Allison, Kirk Bradshaw,
Joe Miles, Brant Tosh, Donnie
Underwood, Blake Wilson and
John Shelnutt, Trustees, Arkansas
State Police Retirement System,
from Pulaski Circuit, 16th Division.
Affirmed. Goodson, J., not
participating.
JUSTICE PAUL E. DANIELSON CR12-288. Rodney Arlen Pankau v.
State, from Washington Circuit.
Affirmed. Hart, J., concurs.
CR12-554. Joseph Anthony Scamardo
Jr. v. State, from Sebastian Circuit,
Fort Smith District. Reversed
and remanded; Court of Appeals’
opinion vacated. Special Justice
Byron Freeland joins in this opinion.
Hoofman, J., not participating.
JUSTICE KAREN R. BAKER CR12-861. State v. Steven Carl
Williams, from Benton Circuit.
Appeal dismissed.
Northwest Arkansas, Pages 10 on 04/19/2013