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Ex. DUT-AR-017 Standing duty Confirmed from a secondary source

Sullivan v. Romero, order of dismissal (Pulaski Cnty. Cir. Ct., Oct. 2020); appeal No. CV-20-721 dismissed on appellants' motion (Ark. Apr. 2021)

Sullivan v. Romero: eighteen legislators' challenge to forty-three Department of Health COVID-19 directives (Mar. 13-Aug. 21, 2020) as rules not promulgated under the Administrative Procedure Act; dismissed

Circuit Court of Pulaski County, Arkansas (Judge Wendell Griffen); Supreme Court of Arkansas (No. CV-20-721) · Arkansas (Court)

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The record

Jurisdiction
Arkansas
Level
Court
Authority
Ark. Code Ann. 25-15-201 et seq. (Administrative Procedure Act) and 12-75-101 et seq. (as pleaded)
Effective
2020-10
End
2021-04 (appeal dismissed on appellants' motion; argument had been set for Apr. 8, 2021) (read as 2021-04-08)
In force
No start date could be read from the record.
Quarters
2020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2
Limitation types
Other
Addressees
  • persons generally (the directives' addressees)
Character
adjudication
Collection
Standing duties: Arkansas DUT-AR

Penalty

n/a

What it required

As reported, the circuit court held that the directives the Governor's administration issued were within its authority under State law and dismissed the suit; the appellants abandoned the appeal in April 2021, so the forty-three directives (and their successors) stood unreversed as binding instruments for the whole period. Character as recorded: adjudication (order_penalty layer).

Retrieval note

Existence, parties, filing date (Sept. 3, 2020), the forty-three directives, the October 2020 dismissal by Judge Griffen and the April 2021 dismissal of appeal No. CV-20-721 on the appellants' motion are confirmed from Talk Business & Politics (Sept. 3, 2020), THV11 and KAIT (Mar. 26 and Apr. 4, 2021) reports; Not to be cited by name in a memorandum without the order; described by category.