Court Opinion

ID: 9748024
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-27 15:48:53.602879+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:25:30.594091
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PAUL E. DANIELSON, Justice, dissenting. Because it is my opinion that we have before us the “entire record,” I dissent from this court’s remand of this matter to the Commission. The record before us consists of the exhibits and testimony presented to the three-member panel, and, subsequently, the Commission; we, therefore, have the “entire record” upon | swhich we can base our review and “file a written opinion and judgment directing such disciplinary action as [we] find[ ] just and proper.” Ark. Jud. Disc. & Disab. Comm’n R. 12(E). In addition, Judge Simes moved this court to supplement the record with other items that he thought were relevant to our determination, and we granted his motion. As neither party suggests that we do not have the “entire record,” and because it is clear that we have that information upon which the parties made their arguments and upon which the panel and Commission based their findings and recommendation, there is no need for remand in this case, and I respectfully dissent.