Baxter County Newspapers, Inc. v. Medical Staff of Baxter General Hospital

I concur in that part of the opinion of the majority that affirms the trial court with respect to the right of the commission members to retire into executive session for the purpose of discussing or considering the decision they should reach — that issue was settled in Ark. State Police Commission v. Davis, 253 Ark. 1090, 490 S.W. 2d 788(1973). However, the majority opinion fails to explain how it arrives at a distinction in the statutes between the proceedings of a hearing and the “discussion or consideration” that resolves the issue itself. I believe it is clear under the law that meetings…