MARTIN v. KOHLS

No. CV-14-462.

444 S.W.3d 844 (2014)

2014 Ark. 427

Mark MARTIN, In his Official Capacity as Secretary of State for the State of Arkansas and his Official Capacity as Chairman of the Arkansas State Board of Election Commissioners; Rhonda Cole; C.S. Walker; James Harmon Smith III; Stuart Soffer; Barbara McBryde; and Chad Pekron, in their Official Capacities as Commissioners of the Arkansas State Board of Election Commissioners, Appellants v. Freedom KOHLS; Toylanda Smith; Joe Flakes; and Barry Haas, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

October 15, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

AJ Kelly , Deputy Secretary of State, Arkansas Secretary of State, Martha Adcock , General Counsel, and L. Justin Tate , Associate General Counsel, for appellant Mark Martin.

Dustin McDaniel , Att'y Gen., by: David A. Curran , Deputy Att'y Gen., and C. Joseph Cordi Jr. , Sr. Assistant Att'y, for separate appellants Mark Martin et al.

James, Carter & Coulter, PLC, by: Jeff R. Priebe ; and Appellate Solutions, PLLC d/b/a Riordan Law Firm, by: Deborah Truby Riordan , for appellees.

Sprinkle Firm, by: Maximilian R.X. Sprinkle ; and Christina Swarns , Ryan P. Haygood , Natasha M. Korgonkar , Leah C. Aden , and Deuel Ross , NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc., amicus curiae for appellees.

Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, by: David B. Bird , Kristen M. Murphy , and Cheryl James ; Myrna Perez , Michael C. Li , and Jennifer L. Clark , Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law; and Cullen & Co., PLLC, by: Tim Cullen for amici curiae Dr. Thomas DeBlack, Dr. William Schreckhise, Dean John DiPippa, and Nate Coulter in support of appellees.


DONALD L. CORBIN, Justice.

Appellants, Mark Martin, in his official capacity as Secretary of State for the State of Arkansas and his official capacity as Chairman of the Arkansas State Board of Election Commissioners ("Martin"), and Rhonda Cole; C.S. Walker; James Harmon Smith III; Stuart Soffer; Barbara McBryde; and Chad Pekron ("Appellants"), in their official capacities as Commissioners of the Arkansas State Board of...

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