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SUPREME COURT OF ARKANSAS No. CV-14-414
NATHANIEL SMITH, M.D., MPH, Opinion Delivered May 14, 2014 INTERIM DIRECTOR OF THE ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF APPEAL FROM THE PULASKI HEALTH, IN HIS OFFICIAL COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT CAPACITY, AND HIS SUCCESSORS [NO. 60CV-13-2662] IN OFFICE; RICHARD WEISS, DIRECTOR OF HONORABLE CHRISTOPHER THE ARKANSAS CHARLES PIAZZA, JUDGE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION, APPEAL DISMISSED WITHOUT IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY, AND PREJUDICE; PETITION FOR HIS SUCCESSORS EMERGENCY STAY DENIED. IN OFFICE; PULASKI CIRCUIT/COUNTY CLERK, LARRY CRANE, IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY, AND HIS SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST; WHITE COUNTY CLERK, CHERYL EVANS, IN HER OFFICIAL CAPACITY, AND HER SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST; LONOKE COUNTY CLERK, WILLIAM "LARRY" CLARKE, IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY, AND HIS SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST; CONWAY COUNTY CLERK, DEBBIE HARTMAN, IN HER OFFICIAL CAPACITY, AND HER SUCCESSORS IN OFFICE; SALINE COUNTY CLERK, DOUG CURTIS, IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY, AND HIS SUCCESSORS IN OFFICE; FAULKNER COUNTY CLERK, MELINDA REYNOLDS, IN HER OFFICIAL CAPACITY, AND HER SUCCESSORS IN OFFICE; WASHINGTON COUNTY CLERK, BECKY LEWALLEN, IN HER OFFICIAL CAPACITY, Cite as 2014 Ark. 222
AND HER SUCCESSORS IN OFFICE
APPELLANTS
V.
M. KENDALL WRIGHT AND JULIA E. WRIGHT; INDIVIDUALLY AND ON BEHALF OF THEIR MINOR CHILDREN, G.D.W. AND P.L.W.; RHONDA L. EDDY AND TREBA L. LEATH; CAROL L. OWENS AND RANEE J. HARP; NATALIE WARTICK AND TOMMIE J. WARTICK; INDIVIDUALLY AND ON BEHALF OF THEIR MINOR SON, T.B.W.; KIMBERLY M. KIDWELL AND KATHRYN E. SHORT; JAMES BOONE AND WESLEY GIVENS; KIMBERLY M. ROBINSON AND FELICITY L. ROBINSON; LINDA L. MEYERS AND ANGELA K. SHELBY; GREGORY A. BRUCE AND WILLIAM D. SMITH, JR.; MONICA J. LOYD AND JENNIFER L. LOCHRIDGE; JENNIFER D. MOORE AND MANDY A. LYLES; JONATHAN K. GOBER AND MARK R. NORWINE; ANDRA ALSBURY AND AMBER GARDNER-ALSBURY; ANGELA SPEARS GULLETTE; AND LIVICIE C. GULLETTE; SHANNON HAVENS; AND RACHEL WHITTENBURG; CODY RENEGAR; AND THOMAS STADE; KATHERINE
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HENSON AND ANGELIA BUFORD; CHRISTOPHER H. HORTON; AND MICHAEL E. POTTS; JOHN SCHENCK AND ROBERT LOYD; WILLIAM A. KING; AND JOHN MCCLAY RANKINE; ARICA NAVARRO AND PATRICIA NAVARRO; AND RANDY EDDY-MCCAIN AND GARY EDDY-MCCAIN
APPELLEES
PER CURIAM
Before this court is the appellants' petition for emergency stay filed by Nathaniel
Smith, M.D., Interim Director of the Arkansas Department of Health in his official capacity
and his successors in office; Richard Weiss, Director, Arkansas Department of Finance and
Administration, in his official capacity, and his successors in office; Pulaski Circuit/County
Clerk, Larry Crane, in his official capacity, and his successors in interest; White County Clerk,
Cheryl Evans, in her official capacity, and her successors and interest; Lonoke County Clerk,
William "Larry" Clarke, in his official capacity, and his successors in interest; Conway County
Clerk, Debbie Hartman, in her official capacity, and her successors in office; Saline County
Clerk, Douglas Curtis, in his official capacity, and his successors in office; Faulkner County
Clerk, Melinda Reynolds, in her official capacity, and her successors in office; Washington
County Clerk, Becky Lewallen, in her official capacity, and her successors