Arkansas Appraiser Licensing & Certification Board v. Fletcher

DONALD L. Corbin, Justice.

Appellant, Arkansas Appraiser Licensing and Certification Board, appeals the order of the Mississippi County Circuit Court reversing the Board’s decision to suspend the license of Appellee, W.F. Fletcher. The circuit court’s decision was based on an alleged ex parte communication between two Board members. Resolution of this appeal requires an interpretation of Ark. Code Ann. § 25-15-209 (Repl. 1996); our jurisdiction is pursuant to Ark. Sup. Ct. R. l-2(a)(17)(vi) (as amended by per curiam order July 15, 1996). We find merit to the first of the Board’s three…