ARKANSAS SUPREME COURT
PROCEEDINGS OF JUNE 4, 2015
KAREN R. BAKER, JUSTICE
CR-14-760. Susan Houghton v. State of Arkansas, from Johnson County Circuit Court.
Affirmed.
COURTNEY HUDSON GOODSON, JUSTICE
CV-14-1033. GGNSC Arkadelphia LLC d/b/a Golden Living Center-Arkadelphia et al.
v. Nellie R. Lamb, By and Through Richard Williams, as Guardian of the Estate and
Person of Nellie R. Lamb et al., from Ouachita County Circuit Court. Affirmed. Hart and
Wood, JJ., dissent.
JOSEPHINE LINKER HART, JUSTICE
CV-14-535.
Larry
W.
Walther,
in
His
Official
Capacity
as
Director,
Arkansas
Department of Finance and Administration v. Weatherford Artificial Lift Systems, Inc.,
from
Pulaski
County
Circuit
Court,
Sixth
Division.
Affirmed.
Hannah,
C.J.,
and
Danielson and Wynne, JJ., dissent.
RHONDA K. WOOD, JUSTICE
CV-14-684. Bobby Denney v. Justin Denney and Peoples Bank, from Grant County
Circuit Court. Appeal dismissed.
PER CURIAM OPINION
CR-14-845. Pamela Hooks v. State of Arkansas, from Pulaski County Circuit Court,
First Division. Affirmed.
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PROCEEDINGS OF JUNE 4, 2015
PER CURIAM ORDERS
REHEARINGS DENIED: Petitions for rehearing were denied today in the following
cases.
CR-14-798. Robert G. Leeka v. State of Arkansas, from Washington County Circuit
Court. Hannah, C.J., and Danielson, J., would grant.
CV-14-456. Linda J. Earls and Tony L. Earls v. Harvest Credit Management VI-B, LLC,
from Greene County Circuit Court. Special Justice James Arnold agrees. Baker and
Goodson, JJ., would grant. Wood, J., not participating.
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REVIEWS DENIED: Petitions for review were denied today in the following cases.
CV-15-184. William Ernest Gates, Jr. v. Director et al., from the Arkansas Board of
Review.
CV-15-244. Anthony Lewis v. Calfrac Well Services Corp., from the Arkansas Workers’
Compensation Commission. Hart, J., would grant.
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CR-08-1259. Gregory Decay v. State of Arkansas, from Washington County Circuit
Court. Motion to recall the mandate is denied. Hart and Wynne, JJ., would take as a
case.
CR-08-1259. Gregory Decay v. State of Arkansas, from Washington County Circuit
Court. Motion to take as a case is denied. Hart and Wynne, JJ., would grant.
CR-08-1259. Gregory Decay v. State of Arkansas, from Washington County Circuit
Court. Notice of supplemental authority in support of motion to recall the mandate.
Noted.
CR-14-5. Stanley Carter v. State of Arkansas, from Crittenden County Circuit Court.
Rebriefing ordered; counsel removed. See per curiam this date.
CR-15-407. Phillip Engles v. Circuit Court of Boone County, from Boone County
Circuit Court. Petition for writ of certiorari. Remanded to settle the record. See per
curiam this date.
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PROCEEDINGS OF JUNE 4, 2015
PER CURIAM ORDERS
CV-13-995. Alltel Corporation and Alltel
Communications, Inc. v. Peter Rosenow,
Individually and on Behalf of a Class of Similarly Situated Persons, from Saline County
Circuit Court. Parties are directed to provide a report within ten days regarding the status
of the petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Supreme Court and to inform this
Court as to why the mandate should not issue immediately. Status reports due June 15,
2015.
CV-14-585. James Tree and Crane Service, Inc., and Roger Williams v. Terri Fought,
from Pulaski County Circuit Court, Twelfth Division. Petition for relief. Remanded to
special master. See per curiam this date. Danielson, J., not participating.
CV-15-420. Vicki Renee Silver v. Beverly Joslin, from Pulaski County Circuit Court,
Twelfth Division. Petition for writ of certiorari is dismissed as moot.
CV-15-422. Marilyn J. Worsham v. Director et al., from the Arkansas Board of Review.
Request to waive filing fee is granted.
CV-15-426. David Lee Padgett, an Incapacitated Person, by Floyce Taylor, the Guardian
of His Person v. Bettye R. Padgett, from Hot Spring County Circuit Court. Motion for
rule on clerk. Remanded. See per curiam this date.
CV-15-433. Barbara Wilson v. Hannah Mills and Doug Martin, Washington County
Circuit
Court,
First
Division,
from
Washington
County
Circuit
Court.
Petition
for
permission to appeal circuit court's order mandating waiver of the petitioner/defendant's
patient-physician privilege, alternative a writ of certiorari is denied.
CV-15-437. Freddie Brown v. Niyosha Williams and St. Francis County Circuit Court,
from St. Francis County Circuit Court. Petition for writ of certiorari and petition for writ
of prohibition are denied.
D-15-450. In Re Brian Wolfman, Arkansas Bar No. 85176.
Petition for voluntary
surrender of license (resignation). Granted, with direction to the Clerk to remove the
attorney's name from the registry of attorneys licensed to practice law in the State of
Arkansas.
D-15-451. In Re Grady R. Colvin, Arkansas Bar No. 82035. Petition for voluntary
surrender of license (resignation). Granted, with direction to the Clerk to remove the
attorney's name from the registry of attorneys licensed to practice law in the State of
Arkansas.
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PROCEEDINGS OF JUNE 4, 2015
PER CURIAM ORDERS
D-15-452. In Re Ernest Steve Watson, Arkansas Bar No. 77190. Petition for voluntary
surrender of license (resignation). Granted, with direction to the Clerk to remove the
attorney's name from the registry of attorneys licensed to practice law in the State of
Arkansas.
D-15-454.
In
Re
Shereen
Arent,
Arkansas
Bar
No.
85003.
Petition
for
voluntary
surrender of license (resignation). Granted, with direction to the Clerk to remove the
attorney's name from the registry of attorneys licensed to practice law in the State of
Arkansas.
CR-90-198.
Lonnie
Dolphus
Strawhacker
v.
State
of
Arkansas,
from
Washington
County Circuit Court. Pro se petition to reinvest jurisdiction in the trial court to consider
a petition for writ of error coram nobis. Counsel appointed. See per curiam this date.
CR-11-160. David L. Vance v. State of Arkansas, from Saline County Circuit Court. Pro
se petition to reinvest jurisdiction in the trial court to consider a petition for writ of error
coram nobis. Petition denied. See per curiam this date.
CR-14-1089. Derrick Roberts v. Honorable David W. Talley, Jr., Circuit Judge, from
Columbia County Circuit Court. Pro se petition for writ of mandamus. Petition moot.
See per curiam this date.
CR-15-35. Raymond D. Leach v. State of Arkansas, from Polk County Circuit Court.
Pro se petition for rehearing. Petition treated as motion for reconsideration and denied;
motion to enter exhibits moot.
CV-15-75. Richard D. Day, Jr. v. Justine Minor, Hearing Officer, Arkansas Department
of Correction; Danny Burl, Warden, East Arkansas Regional Unit; Raymond Naylor,
Hearing
Administrator,
Arkansas
Department
of
Correction;
Ray
Hobbs,
Director,
Arkansas Department of Correction, from Pulaski County Circuit Court, Sixth Division.
Appellees’ motion to dismiss appeal and appellant’s pro se motion for extension of time
to file brief. Appeal dismissed; appellant’s motion for extension of time moot. See per
curiam this date.
CV-15-384. Tommy
Martez Barber v. State of Arkansas, from Hot Spring County
Circuit Court. Pro se motion for belated appeal. Motion denied. See per curiam this
date.
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PROCEEDINGS OF JUNE 4, 2015
MOTIONS SUBMITTED
PETITIONS FOR REVIEW:
CR-15-429. Mario D. Thompson v. State of Arkansas, from Washington County Circuit
Court.
CV-15-216. Oksana G. Hackney v. Josh Hackney, from Pulaski County Circuit Court,
Fourteenth Division.
CV-15-265. Stephanie Ganus v. St. Bernards Hospital, LLC, et al., from the Arkansas
Workers’ Compensation Commission.
CV-15-395. Raymond and Patricia Edwards v. Arkansas Department of Human Services
and M.A.E., Minor, from Lonoke County Circuit Court.
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CR-14-580. Kou Her v. State of Arkansas, from Johnson County Circuit Court. Motion
to withdraw as counsel on appeal.
CR-14-992. Cheyenne M. Fink v. State of Arkansas, from Polk County Circuit Court.
Motion to file substituted brief.
CR-15-124. Melissa McCann Arms v. State of Arkansas, from Polk County Circuit
Court. Motion to file belated brief.
CV-15-335. Teresa Smith v. William Samuel Winston II, O.D., and Bell-Winston Clinic,
P.A., from Phillips County Circuit Court. Motion for reconsideration.
CV-15-357.
Washington
County
et
al.
v.
Board
of
Trustees
of
the
University
of
Arkansas, from Washington County Circuit Court. Motion for temporary stay.
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CASES SUBMITTED
CV-14-1056. Gary Sanford et al. v. Larry W. Walther, Director, Arkansas Department of
Finance and Administration, from Pulaski County Circuit Court, Fifth Division. Orally
argued.
CR-14-580. Kou Her v. State of Arkansas, from Johnson County Circuit Court.
CR-14-1132. Matthew Wayne Nichols v. State of Arkansas, from Pulaski County Circuit
Court, Fifth Division.
CV-14-1082. Wendy Kelley, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction v. Ulonzo
Gordon, from Lee County Circuit Court.
CV-15-18. B. Edmond Waters, Commissioner, Arkansas Securities Commission v. Isaac
Hal Millsap III, Gifford Keith Jordon, and Charles Duance Solum, from Pulaski County
Circuit Court, Second Division.
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