98-1093
973 S.W.2d 796Supreme Court of Arkansas.
Opinion delivered September 11, 1998
APPEAL ERROR — MOTION FOR EXPEDITED BRIEFING SCHEDULE — GRANTED. — Where an original action was filed seeking an order invalidating a proposed constitutional amendment, enjoining the respondent from placing the proposed initiated constitutional amendment on the ballot, and directing that any votes cast thereon not be counted or certified because the ballot title was defective, petitioners’ motion for expedited scheduling order was granted, and an expedited briefing schedule was established.
Motion for Expedited Scheduling Order; granted.
Wright, Lindsey Jennings LLP, by: John G. Lile and Stephen R. Lancaster, for petitioner.
Winston Bryant, Att’y Gen., by: Tim Humphries, Asst. Att’y Gen., for respondent.
Oscar Stilley, for intervenor John Hoyle.
PER CURIAM.
On September 4, 1998, an original action was filed in this court seeking an order invalidating a proposed constitutional amendment offered under Amendment 7 to the Arkansas Constitution; enjoining the respondent from placing the proposed initiated constitutional amendment on the November 3, 1998, General Election ballot; and directing that any votes cast thereon not be counted or certified because the ballot title is defective. Complainants’ motion for expedited scheduling order was filed September 4, 1998.
An expedited briefing schedule is established as follows:
Complainants’ abstract and brief to be filed by September 18, 1998; all response briefs to be filed by October 1, 1998; and
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complainants’ reply brief to be filed by October 6, 1998; oral argument is scheduled for Thursday, October 8, 1998, at 9:00 a.m.
[1] The motion for expedited scheduling order is, therefore, granted.