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Supreme Court denies petition in ballot-question dispute; intervenors granted relief and mandate issued
Summary
In CV-24-652 the Arkansas Supreme Court denied the petition filed by Bill Paschall and Arkansans for Patient Access, denied Secretary of State John Thurston’s request for relief, and granted intervenors’ request; the docket orders a mandate to issue immediately and records multiple dissenting and nonparticipating justices.
The Arkansas Supreme Court on Oct. 24, 2024, entered an order in CV-24-652 involving Bill Paschall and Arkansans for Patient Access, Protect Arkansas Kids, and Secretary of State John Thurston. The docket states: petitioners’ petition denied; respondent’s request for relief denied; intervenors’ request for relief granted; mandate to issue immediately. The docket entry identifies Bill Paschall as petitioner “Individually and on behalf of Arkansans for Patient Access, a Ballot Question Committee,” and lists Protect Arkansas Kids and Jim Bell as intervenors. The entry notes that Special Justices Don Curdie and Bilenda Harris-Ritter joined the decision; Justices Baker, Wood and Hiland recorded dissents; Chief Justice Kemp and Justice Hudson did not participate. The transcript identifies the proceedings as October 21, 2024. The docket provides the procedural outcome but does not include the written opinion or the specific remedies granted to the intervenors in the excerpt provided. The entry does not summarize the factual or legal basis for the court’s rulings. The court’s mandate order indicates immediate effect consistent with Arkansas Supreme Court practice for final dispositions; the transcript excerpt does not attach the mandate text or the underlying pleadings.
