Court Opinion

ID: 9648274
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-23 14:12:29.747603+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:11:58.263658
License: Public Domain

Tom Glaze, Justice, concurring. While I agree with the result reached by the majority, I do so because the limited record before us now reflects that, after these “fixed price” leases were executed in the 1940’s and 1950’s, the appellants have not treated any of the Cecil Field fixed-price lessors in an individual manner. Rather, the appellants appear to have treated those lessors the same, irrespective of the fixed rate set forth in the individual leases. At this point, at least, I cannot say the trial judge was wrong in certifying this case as a class action. As the case develops more fully, the evidence may reflect the class order should be altered or amended, which the trial judge is authorized to do under Rule 23 of the Arkansas Rules of Civil Procedure.