Portal:Arkansas case law
This index lists case decisions published by Arkansas state courts, including the Arkansas Supreme Court and the Arkansas Court of Appeals. For case law from federal courts sitting in Arkansas, see Portal:Case law of the United States#Arkansas.
Arkansas Supreme Court
[edit]Chief Justice Daniel Ringo 1836–1844
[edit]| 4 Ark. 18 (1842) | State v. Buzzard |
| 5 Ark. 21 (1843) | Ex parte Blackburn |
Chief Justice Thomas Johnson 1845–1852
[edit]| 11 Ark. (6 Eng.) 212 (1850) | Pennington's Executors v. Yell |
| 11 Ark. (6 Eng.) 519 (1851) | Borden v. State ex rel. Robinson |
Chief Justice George C. Watkins 1853–1854
[edit]| 13 Ark. (8 Eng.) 720 (1853) | Stewart v. State |
Chief Justice Elbert H. English 1855–1864
[edit]| 19 Ark. 121 (1857) | Daniel v. Guy |
| 23 Ark. 604 (1861) | Hill's Executrix v. State |
Chief Justice Thomas D.W. Yonley 1864–1866
[edit]| 24 Ark. 161 (1865) | Rison v. Farr |
Chief Justice David Walker 1866–1868
[edit]| 24 Ark. 286 (1866) | Hawkins v. Filkins |
| 25 Ark. 185 (1867) | Phelps v. Patterson |
Chief Justice William W. Wilshire 1868–1871
[edit]| 25 Ark. 289 (1868) | Fletcher v. Oliver |
Chief Justice John E. McClure 1871–1874
[edit]| 26 Ark. 281 (1871) | State v. Johnson |
| 27 Ark. 360 (1872) | Portis v. State |
Chief Justice Elbert H. English 1874–1884
[edit]| 29 Ark. 248 (1874) | Palmore v. State |
| 31 Ark. 701 (1877) | State v. Little Rock, Mississippi River and Texas Railway |
| 41 Ark. 436 (1883) | Memphis & Little Rock Railway Co. v. Berry |
| 41 Ark. 509 (1883) | St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Co. v. Berry |
Chief Justice Sterling Robertson Cockrill 1884–1893
[edit]| 45 Ark. 17 (1885) | St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Co. v. Beidler |
Chief Justice Henry G. Bunn 1893–1904
[edit]| 59 Ark. 237 (1894) | Railway Company v. B'Shears |
| 63 Ark. 457 (1897) | Redd v. State |
| 64 Ark. 580 (1897) | Chestnut v. Harris |
Chief Justice Joseph M. Hill 1904–1909
[edit]| 75 Ark. 328 (1905) | Woods v. Carl |
| 84 Ark. 497 (1907) | Hot Springs School District v. Sisters of Mercy Female Academy of Little Rock |
Chief Justice Edgar A. McCulloch 1909–1927
[edit]| 91 Ark. 527 (1909) | Pitcock v. State |
| 107 Ark. 174 (1913) | City of Little Rock v. Reinman-Wolfort Automobile Livery Co. |
| 168 Ark. 22 (1925) | Missouri Pacific Railroad Co. v. Porter |
Chief Justice Jesse C. Hart 1927–1933
[edit]| 179 Ark. 1104 (1929) | Walker v. Allred |
| 180 Ark. 802 (1930) | Ezzell v. Oil Associates, Inc. |
| 181 Ark. 428 (1930) | Robinson v. Holman |
| 185 Ark. 824 (1932) | St. Louis Southwestern Railway Co. v. Missouri Pacific Railroad Co. |
Chief Justice Cecil E. Johnson 1933–1936
[edit]| 188 Ark. 270 (1933) | Arrington v. United Royalty Co. |
Chief Justice Griffin Smith 1937–1955
[edit]| 194 Ark. 354 (1937) | Department of Public Utilities v. Arkansas Louisiana Gas Co. |
| 198 Ark. 519 (1939) | Bone v. State |
| 200 Ark. 592 (1940) | Bone v. State |
| 204 Ark. 476 (1942) | Johnson v. State |
| 210 Ark. 433 (1946) | Cole v. State |
| 211 Ark. 836 (1947) | Cole v. State |
| 214 Ark. 387 (1949) | Cole v. State |
| 220 Ark. 601 (1952) | Hare v. General Contract Purchase Corp. |
| 223 Ark. 330 (1954) | Alford v. State |
Chief Justice Lee Seamster 1955–1956
[edit]| 225 Ark. 285 (1955) | Leslie Miller, Inc. v. State |
| 225 Ark. 436 (1955) | Harris v. Brooks |
Chief Justice Carleton Harris 1957–1980
[edit]| 229 Ark. 819 (1958) | Bates v. City of Little Rock |
| 231 Ark. 641 (1960) | Carr v. Young |
| 237 Ark. 927 (1964) | Cude v. State |
| 239 Ark. 474 (1965) | Gent v. State |
| 242 Ark. 922 (1967) | State v. Epperson |
| 244 Ark. 1239 (1968) | Parish v. Pitts |
| 255 Ark. 1008 (1974) | Schenck v. Knight |
| 259 Ark. 667 (1976) | Williams v. State |
Chief Justice John A. Fogleman 1980
[edit]| 270 Ark. 781 (1980) | Wicks v. State |
Chief Justice Richard B. Adkisson 1980–1984
[edit]| 275 Ark. 239 (1982) | Wilbur v. Kerr |
| 279 Ark. 340 (1983) | DuPree v. Alma School District No. 30 |
Chief Justice Webster Lee Hubbell 1984
[edit]| 283 Ark. 463 | Arkansas Women's Political Caucus v. Riviere |
Chief Justice Jack Holt, Jr. 1985–1995
[edit]| 290 Ark. 100 (1986) | Ricarte v. State |
| 290 Ark. 232 (1986) | Berry v. State |
| 304 Ark. 596 (1991) | Smith v. American Greetings Corp. |
| 317 Ark. 286 (1994) | Reed v. State |
| 318 Ark. 599 (1994) | Harris v. State |
Chief Justice Bradley D. Jesson 1995–1996
[edit]| 325 Ark. 163 (1996) | Gansky v. Hi-Tech Engineering |
| 326 Ark. 1073 (1996) | Parker v. Southern Farm Bureau Casualty Insurance Co. |
Chief Justice W.H. "Dub" Arnold 1997–2003
[edit]| 329 Ark. 143 (1997) | Shannon v. Wilson |
| 330 Ark. 435 (1997) | Brown v. Tucker |
| 331 Ark. 466 (1998) | McQuay v. Guntharp |
| 334 Ark. 543 (1998) | McGhee v. State |
| 334 Ark. 561 (1998) | Montgomery Ward & Co. v. Anderson |
| 334 Ark. 592 (1998) | Corbit v. State (transcription project) |
| 336 Ark. 289 (1999) | State ex rel. Bryant v. R&A Investment Co. |
| 336 Ark. 490 (1999) | Walls v. State |
| 338 Ark. 606 (1999) | Pardue v. State |
| 341 Ark. 787 (2000) | Walls v. State |
| 344 Ark. 627 (2001) | Aka v. Jefferson Hospital Association, Inc. |
| 348 Ark. 557 (2002) | Clayborn v. Bankers Standard Insurance Co. |
| 349 Ark. 600 (2002) | Jegley v. Picado |
| 351 Ark. 31 (2002) | Lake View School District No. 25 v. Huckabee |
Chief Justice Betty Dickey 2004
[edit]| 356 Ark. 460 (2004) | State v. Brown |
| 357 Ark. 545 (2004) | Jones v. State |
| 359 Ark. 131 (2004) | Linker-Flores v. Arkansas Department of Human Services |
Chief Justice Jim Hannah 2005–2015
[edit]| 360 Ark. 528 (2005) | First National Bank of DeWitt v. Cruthis |
| 2009 Ark. 141 | Johnson v. Rockwell Automation, Inc. |
| 2010 Ark. 432 | Calaway v. Practice Management Services, Inc. |
| 2011 Ark. 428 | Vankirk v. State |
| 2012 Ark. 14 | Broussard v. St. Edward Mercy Health System, Inc. |
| 2012 Ark. 55 | Paulino v. QHG of Springdale, Inc. |
| 2012 Ark. 247 | Scottsdale Insurance Co. v. Morrow Valley Land Co. |
| 2012 Ark. 460 | LVNV Funding, LLC v. Nardi |
| 2013 Ark. 175 | Jackson v. Norris |
| 2013 Ark. 201 | Jackson v. State |
| 2013 Ark. 232 | Arkansas Lottery Commission v. Alpha Marketing |
| 2014 Ark. 363 | Simpson v. Cavalry SPV I, LLC |
| 2015 Ark. 73 | Philip Morris Companies, Inc. v. Miner |
| 2015 Ark. 277 | Kelley v. Gordon |
Chief Justice Howard W. Brill 2015–2016
[edit]| 2016 Ark. 157 | Mendoza v. WIS International, Inc. |
Chief Justice John Dan Kemp 2017–2024
[edit]| 2018 Ark. 12 | Board of Trustees of University of Arkansas v. Andrews |
| 2018 Ark. 179 | Harris v. State |
| 2018 Ark. 307 | Arkansas Department of Human Services v. Dowdy |
| 2018 Ark. 333 | Schnarr v. State |
Per curiam orders
[edit]- In re Arkansas Model Criminal Instructions, 264 Ark. App'x 967 (1979).
- In re Pulaski County Circuit Court, Fifth Division, Hon. Wendell Griffen, No. 17-155 (Apr. 17, 2017)
Press releases
[edit]- Response to Criticism by Court of Appeals (May 18, 2017)
Arkansas Court of Appeals
[edit]2000–2009
[edit]| 2009 Ark. App. 761 | M.T. v. State |
2010–2019
[edit]| 2018 Ark. App. 399 | Shabazz v. State |
| 2018 Ark. App. 523 | Canerday-Banks v. Barton |
| 2018 Ark. App. 528 | Herren v. State |
Further Reading
[edit]- Arkansas Supreme Court Historical Society. "Arkansas Courts Historical Background." Originally compiled by William B. Jones Jr. Arkansas Judiciary. Accessed 6 Sept. 2018.
External Links
[edit]- "Arkansas Judiciary. Accessed 6 Sept. 2018.
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