Case Name: ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, Dr. Sandra Nichols, Director, Henry C. Robinson, Jr., Director and State Registrar of Vital Records v. WESTARK CHRISTIAN ACTION COUNCIL, a Nonprofit Corporation
Court: Arkansas Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Arkansas
Decision Date: 1994-12-19
Citations: 319 Ark. 170
Docket Number: 94-1264
Parties: ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, Dr. Sandra Nichols, Director, Henry C. Robinson, Jr., Director and State Registrar of Vital Records v. WESTARK CHRISTIAN ACTION COUNCIL, a Nonprofit Corporation
Judges: Holt, C.J., and Newbern, J., not participating.
Reporter: Arkansas Reports
Volume: 319
Pages: 170–171

Head Matter:
ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, Dr. Sandra Nichols, Director, Henry C. Robinson, Jr., Director and State Registrar of Vital Records v. WESTARK CHRISTIAN ACTION COUNCIL, a Nonprofit Corporation
94-1264
890 S.W.2d 581
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Opinion delivered December 19, 1994
George A. Harper, for appellants.
DeLay Law Firm, by: R. Gunner DeLay, for appellee.
Bettina E. Bronstein, Eve C. Gartner, and Dara Klassel, for intervenors.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
William Harrison, M.D., Planned Parenthood of Eastern Oklahoma and Western Arkansas, Inc., Planned Parenthood of Greater Arkansas, Inc., Curtis Stover, M.D., and Little Rock Planning Services, P.A. move to intervene in this appeal and assert primarily that they have an interest in the subject matter of the appeal and that their interest is not adequately protected by the appellants.
Appellee Westark Christian Action Council moves for a 30-day extension in which to file its response to proposed intervenors' motion to intervene because it has filed a Freedom of Information Request to appellant Arkansas Department of Health for any correspondence between the appellants and proposed intervenors. The purpose of the request, according to Westark, is to determine whether the interest of the proposed intervenors is indeed different from that of the Arkansas Health Department.
The 30-day extension in which to answer proposed intervenors' motion to intervene is granted to appellee Westark Christian Action Council.
The proposed intervenors pray in their response to Westark's motion for extension for an additional 20 days to file their brief, either as intervenors or as amici curiae, after this court rules on their motion to intervene. That motion, too, is granted.
Holt, C.J., and Newbern, J., not participating.