ARKANSAS, USA — Arkansas Supreme Court justices have referred fellow Justice Courtney Rae Hudson to the Arkansas Judicial Discipline & Disability Commission for investigation while also dismissing a case she filed to stop the release of certain documents to Arkansas Business.
The seven-member court issued its unsigned order on Tuesday, with Hudson and Justice Karen Baker dissenting. In addition to dismissing Hudson’s civil lawsuit, the order scolded Pulaski County Circuit Judge Patricia James for granting Hudson a temporary injunction preventing the release of the documents despite evidence that five members of the Supreme Court had already voted to release some of the materials.
From the order: “Here, an inferior court has purported to indirectly stay an administrative action of the supreme court by issuing an injunction against employees and entities under the control of this court. The pleadings and exhibits contain information on their face that should have put the circuit court on notice that this matter involved an internal administrative issue over which the circuit court has no jurisdiction. To allow a circuit court to stay enforcement of the supreme court’s decision would usurp the supreme court’s authority granted by the Arkansas Constitution.”
To read more on the court's decision, our content partner Arkansas Business has the full article here.
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