SMITH v. PAVAN

No. CV-15-988.

505 S.W.3d 169 (2016)

2016 Ark. 437

Nathaniel SMITH, M.D., MPH, Director of the Arkansas Department of Health, in his Official Capacity, and his Successors in Office, Appellant v. Marisa N. PAVAN and Terrah D. Pavan, Individually, and as Parents, next Friends, and Guardians of T.R.P., a Minor Child; Leigh D.W. Jacobs and Jana S. Jacobs, Individually, and as Parents, next Friends, and Guardians of F.D.J., a Minor Child; Courtney M. Kassel and Kelly L. Scott, individually, and as Parents, next Friends, and Guardians of A.G.S., a Minor Child, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

Opinion Delivered December 8, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leslie Rutledge , Att'y Gen., by: Colin R. Jorgensen , Ass't Att'y Gen., Little Rock, Arkansas, for appellant.

Cheryl K. Maples , for appellees.

Holly Dickson , The Arkansas Civil Liberties Union Foundation, Inc.; and Leslie Cooper , The American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, Inc., amici curiae for appellees.


Nathaniel Smith, M.D., M.P.H., Director of the Arkansas Department of Health (Smith), appeals from the circuit court's order granting declaratory judgment and injunctive relief to three couples, appellees Marisa N. Pavan and Terrah D. Pavan, Leigh D.W. Jacobs and Jana S. Jacobs, and Courtney M. Kassel and...

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