Ivy v. Republican Party

Robert L. Brown, Justice.,

dissenting. I would deny the petition.

The narrow issue involved in this case is whether the Republican Party had good and legal cause not to certify the nomination of petitioner Dan Ivy to the Secretary of State because of his misdemeanor conviction for third degree battery involving his wife. The Party claims that the battery conviction constituted such good and legal cause under Ark. Code Ann. §§ 7-1-101(4) and 7-7-104(a) (Repl. 1993). The Pulaski County Circuit Court agreed and denied a previous petition for mandamus on September 19, 1994.

Ivy appears to couch…