Case Title: Todd v. Martin (Per Curiam)

Citation: 2012 Ark. 319

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State: arkansas

Court: Arkansas Supreme Court

Date: 2012-08-29T00:00:00Z

Document:
Cite as 2012 Ark. 319 SUPREME COURT OF ARKANSAS No. 12-713 NANCY TODD, AN INDIVIDUAL, AND NANCY TODD’S POKER PALACE AND ENTERTAINMENT VENUES, LLC PETITIONERS V. MARK MARTIN, IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS SECRETARY OF STATE OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS RESPONDENT CHUCK LANGE INTERVENOR Opinion Delivered August 29, 2012 PETITION FOR REVIEW OF SECRETARY OF STATE’S DETERMINATION PETITION FOR REVIEW GRANTED; EXPEDITED BRIEFING SCHEDULE ORDERED. PER CURIAM Pursuant to Arkansas Code Annotated § 7-9-505 (Repl. 2011), petitioners Nancy Todd and Nancy Todd’s Poker Palace and Entertainment Venues, LLC, seek review of the Secretary of State’s determination finding that the ballot title submitted by petitioners is legally insufficient. We grant review and direct this court’s clerk to set an expedited briefing schedule with simultaneous briefs due by Tuesday, September 4, 2012, at 9:00 a.m. Intervenor Chuck Lange’s motion to intervene is also granted. Williams & Anderson, LLC, by: Peter G. Kumpe, for petitioners Nancy Todd and Nancy Todd’s Poker Palace and Entertainment Venues, LLC. Dustin McDaniel, Att’y Gen., by: Scott P. Richardson, Ass’t Att’y Gen., for respondent Mark Martin, in His Official Capacity as Secretary of State. Wright, Lindsey & Jennings, LLP, by: Stephen R. Lancaster, Justin T. Allen, and Jane A. Kim, for intervenor Chuck Lange.