Court Opinion

ID: 9758288
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-28 23:19:43.33301+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:28:49.022469
License: Public Domain

John B. Robbins, Judge, dissenting. I disagree with the majority’s action today because this motion should be decided by our supreme court. The movant vigorously advances an argument that to compensate her with a flat fee award, as the majority has done, is a violation of due process pursuant to Ark. Const., art. 2, §§ 8 & 22, and equal protection of the laws pursuant to Ark. Const., art. 2, § 3. Arkansas Supreme Court Rule l-2(a)(l), excepts from our jurisdiction and reserves to the supreme court all appeals involving the interpretation or construction of the Constitution of Arkansas. While movant’s request for an award of an attorney’s fee is technically not an appeal, but rather a request for compensation for legal services rendered the appellant in an appeal before our court, it nevertheless requires a decision addressing the construction of the Arkansas Constitution. Consequently, we should comply with the spirit of Rule 1-2 and defer to the supreme court by certifying this motion. Hart, Bird and Glover, JJ., join in this dissent.