# SUPREME 

# COURT OF ARKANSAS No.

### cv-14-173 ROBERT DICKINSON, 

### AND PAMELA 

### DICKINSON, ON BEHALF OF 

### THEMSELVES 

### AND ALL RESIDENTS OF

### ARKANSAS 

### THAT ARE 

### SIMILARLY SITUATED PETITIONERS opinion Delivered

### April 10, 2014 

### REQUEST 

### TO CERTIFY QUESTION OF 

### LAW FROM THE 

### UNITED STATES 

### DISTRICT 

### COURT FOR 

### THE EASTERN 

### DISTRICT OF 

### ARKANSAS

SUN 

### TRUST MORTGAGE, INC., AND FEDERAL 

### NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION RESPONDENTS

PER CURIAM

In accordancc r,vith 

### sectioll2(D)(3) ofamcndnrent 80to theArkansas 

### Constitution ancl 

### Rule 6-8 of thc Rulcs of thc Suprenrc 

### Court ancl 

### Court o[Appcals 

### of the State

### ofArkalsas, the 

### Hotlorable Briarl S-

### Miller of the Urritcd Statcs

### l)istricr Courr fbr the Eastern 

### l)istrict

### of Arkansas

### flled a 

### rrlotior) artd

### certification orcler 

### with otrr 

### clcrk or-r

### March 17,2014. Thc certifyirre 

### cotlrt rcqtlests that 

### we answer a question 

### o[ la'uv that nray be deternrinative 

### of a cause r-rorv pcndins irr

### thc ccrrifying court, and 

### it appcars 

### to thc certiE/ing court thattherc is 

### no controlline precerient ir-rtl're decisions 

### of the Arkansas Suprente Court. 

### After a revierv 

### ofthc certi$ring court's analysis anclcxplanation 

### of the rreed 

### for this 

### court 

### to atlswer the qucstioll of 

### law presently pending 

### in thar 

### collrt, we acceptcertification

### of the

### following question, as herein formulated:

Whether the Federal National Mortgage Association satisfies the Statutory Foreclosure Act's authorized-to-do-business requirement, 

### Ark. Code

### Ann. $ 18-50-1 17, under 12 

### U.S.C. S 1716 et seq., 

### or other federal laws, 

### or must the Federal 

### National Mortgage Association satisfy

### Ark. Code 

### Ann. $ 18-50-1 17 by obtaining acertificate of authoriry 

### in Arkansas 

### prior to statutorily foreclosing on properry 

### in Arkansas? 

### This per curiam order constitutes notice 

### of our acceptance 

### of the 

### certification of the 

### question

### of 

## law. For purposes 

### of the pending proceeding 

## in this court, 

### the following requirements are imposed: 

## A- Time limits 

### will be calculated 

### from the date 

### of this per curiam 

### order accepting 

### certification. The plaintifit 

## in the underlying action, 

### Robert Dickinson and pamela Dickinson, on behalfof themselves and all residents ofArkansas that aresimilarly situated, are designated the moving parties and

### will be denoted asthe 

### "Petitioners," and 

### their brief is due 

### thirry days 

### fronl the date 

### of this per curianr;the clefendants, Sun

### Trust Mortgage, 

### Inc., and Fedcral 

### Narional Mortgage Association,

### will be clenotecl as

### the "l\esponclents,,,ar-rcl 

### their 

### bricfi is due 

### thirry days after the

### filingof Petitioncrs'brief. I)eritiorers nray

### filc a reply brief 

### rvithi, fiftee, days after 

### Respo,de,ts' briefi arc frlecl. 

### B. The briefi shall comply 

### with this court's mles asin other casescxccpr 

### lor thc brief3' 

### corrtent. 

### Only the 

### following itenrs required 

### in

### Ark. Sup. 

### Ct. 

## l{. a-2(a) shall bc 

### i,cl,clcd: (3) I'}oint 

### on appeal

### which shall corrcsponcl 

### to thc cerrifiecl quesriop 

### of law 

### to be answered 

### in the federal district 

### collrt's ccrtiflcation ordcr. (4)Table of authorities. (6) Statenrent 

### of the case

### which shall correspond 

### to the facts relevanr ro rhe certiflecl qttestion of law asstated 

### in the Gderal district colrrt's certification ordcr.



### cv-1 1-173(7)

### Argument. (8)Addendum. (9) 

### Coverfor briefr. 

### C. Oral argument 

### will be permitted only 

### ifthis court concludes that 

### it

### will be helpful 

### for presentation 

### of the issue. 

## D. Ark. Sup. 

## ct. R. 4-6

### with respect 

### to amicus curiae 

### brie6

### will apply. 

## E. This matter

### will be processed asany case

### on appeal. 

### F. Rule

### XIV ofthe Rules GoverningAdmission to the Bar shall apply to the artorneys 

### for the 

### Petitioner andthe Respondents. Punuant to Arkansas Supreme 

### Court Rule 6-S(d), we request that the parties include 

### in an addendum the 

### following pleadings: 

### the complaint; the answer, 

### if any; 

### the 

### motion to dismiss; and any responses, replies, and 

### briefi 

### in support

### thereof In addition, 

### if the parties believe 

### that any additional pleadings

### will be useful 

### to our understanding 

### of the legal issues presented 

### in this certified qLrestion, those pleadings should be included aswell. Certifi edqlrestion accepted.



### cv-14-173