Legal Opinion · Concurring in part, dissenting in part

Bohannon v. Robinson

Supreme Court of Arkansas

Decided November 6, 2014No. CV-14-264Published

1Concurring in part, dissenting in partJosephine Linker Hart, Justice

I concur with the result reached in this case. I write separately because the majority opinion contains two important mistakes of law.

First, the majority references the court of appeals opinion and purports to correct its |inmistake of law and fact. This approach conflicts with our well-established procedure. When this court grants a petition for review of a decision by the court of appeals, we treat the appeal as if it had been originally filed in this court; we review the circuit court’s judgment, not the court of appeals opinion. Goodloe v. Goodloe, 2014 Ark. 300, 439 S.W.3d 5; Jones v.…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. McGrew v. Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Co. of Arkansas, Inc.Supreme Court of Arkansas · 2007
  2. Singletary v. SingletarySupreme Court of Arkansas · 2013
  3. Hamm v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2006
  4. Brown v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2010
  5. T.C. v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2010

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