Arkansas Supreme Court

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 SEPT. 26, 2013

CHIEF JUSTICE JIM HANNAH CV-13-255. Newton W. Dorsett and

Diamond Transport & Drilling, LLC

v. Donald Buffington and Richard

Williamson, from Lafayette County

Circuit Court. Affirmed in part;

reversed in part.

JUSTICE DONALD L. CORBIN CV-12-1018. State v. V.H., from Baxter

County Circuit Court. Affirmed.

Baker, Hart, and Hoofman, JJ.,

dissent.

CV-13-176. Pamela Fitzgiven; Loveida

Ingram; and Pulaski Association of

Classroom Teachers v. Robin Dorey;

Callie Matthews; Kristina Laughy;

Diane Wagner; Ella Sergeant; Nick

Witherspoon; Paul Brewer; Veronica

Perkins; Jackie Smith; the Pulaski

County Special School District; the

Arkansas Department of Education;

and Tom W. Kimbrell, Commissioner

of the Department of Education,

from Pulaski County Circuit Court,

Ninth Division, No. 60CV-12-1090;

Lonnie Coney; Belinda Pearl; and

Pulaski Association of Support Staff v. Keith Cooper; Cheryl Howey; Regena English; Becky Del Rio; James Watson; John Sparks; Charles Blake; Derrick Brown; Bill Goff; the Pulaski County Special School District; the Arkansas Department of Education; and Tom W. Kimbrell, Commissioner of the Department of Education, from Pulaski County Circuit Court, Ninth Division, No. 60CV-12-1091; Erika Evans; Brenda Robinson; and Cheryl Carpenter, as individuals and class representatives v. Pulaski County Special School District; the Arkansas Department of Education; and Tom W. Kimbrell, in his official capacity as Commissioner of the Arkansas Department of Education, from Pulaski County Circuit Court, Ninth Division, No. 60CV-12-3201; and Don Clevenger and Carlton Wyley, as individuals and as class representatives v. Pulaski County Special School District; the Arkansas Department of Education; and Tom W. Kimbrell, in his official capacity as Commissioner of the Arkansas Department of Education, from Pulaski County Circuit Court,

Ninth Division, No. 60CV-12-5075.

Affirmed.

JUSTICE CLIFF HOOFMAN CR-12-1130. Charles Williamson v.

State, from Garland County Circuit

Court. Affirmed.