ETHERLY v. NEWSOME

No. CV-12-938.

2013 Ark. 391

DON ETHERLY AND CHRISTOPHER FRANKLIN, APPELLANTS, v. HOWARD NEWSOME, REVEREND CEDRIC PRIDE AND LEON RINKE CITY OF HELENA-WEST HELENA; HONORABLE ARNELL WILLIS IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS MAYOR OF THE CITY OF HELENA-WEST HELENA; AND SANDI RAMSEY IN HER OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS THE CITY CLERK OF THE CITY OF HELENA-WEST HELENA, APPELLEES.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

Opinion Delivered October 10, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Don R. Etherly and Christopher Franklin, pro se appellants.

Schieffler Law Firm by: Edward H. Schieffler , for appellees.


JIM HANNAH, Chief Justice.

Appellants, Don Etherly and Christopher Franklin, appeal the Phillips County Circuit Court's denial of their motions to intervene in a case involving the filing period for the November 6, 2012 election. We dismiss the appeal because this case is moot.

The filing period for any person desiring to become an independent candidate for municipal office is set by statute. See Ark. Code Ann. § 14-42-206(b)(1) (Supp. 2011) (setting...

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