Opinion
No. 01-836.
Opinion delivered October 4, 2005.
Order Permitting Written Objections.
Sharpe, Beavers, Cline Wright, by: Brad Beavers, for appellant, Barton-Lexa School District, successor in interest to Lake View School District; and amicus curiae, Forrest City School District.
Friday, Eldredge Clark, LLP, by: Christopher J. Heller, for appellant, Little Rock School District.
Matthews, Campbell, Rhoads, McClure, Thompson Fryauf, P.A., by: David R. Matthews, for appellant, Rogers School District.
Mike Beebe, Att'y Gen., by: Tim Gauger, Sr. Ass't Att'y Gen., and Mark Hagemeier, Ass't Att'y Gen., for appellee, Governor Mike Huckabee.
Wilson Law Firm, P.A., by: E. Dion Wilson, for amici curiae, Earle School District and Helena-West Helena School District.
Sharon Street, for amici curiae, DeQueen School District, et al.
Barrett Deacon, by: D.P. Marshall Jr., for amici curiae, Arkansas State Chamber of Commerce and Associated Industries of Arkansas, Inc.
On October 3, 2005, the Masters filed their report in this matter with the Supreme Court Clerk as directed by our per curiam order of August 3, 2005. See Lake View Sch. Dist. No. 25 v. Huckabee, 363 Ark. 198, 211 S.W.3d 543 (2005) ( per curiam). Pursuant to Ark. R. Civ. P. 53(e)(2) (2005), within twenty days after being served with notice of the filing of the report, any party may serve written objections to the report upon the other parties. The rule further provides that application to the court for action upon the report and objections shall be by motion and upon notice as prescribed in Ark. R. Civ. P. 6(c). Accordingly, should the parties wish to do so, they may file written objections in accordance with our Rules of Civil Procedure within the twenty-day time frame. This court will then take the matter under advisement, either on motion by the parties or on our own motion.
Our original per curiam order directed the Masters to file their report on September 1,2005. See Lake View Sch. Dist. No. 25 v. Huckabee, 362 Ark. 520,210 S.W.3d 28 (2005) ( per curiam). We then granted the Masters' request for an extension on August 3, 2005. See Lake View Sch. Dist. No. 25 v. Huckabee, 363 Ark. 198,211 S.W.3d 543 (2005) ( per curiam). That per curiam order directed the report to be filed on October 1,2005, which was a Saturday. Thus, pursuant to Ark. R. Civ. P. 6(a), the Masters had until October 3,2005, a Monday, in which to file their report.
IMBER, J., not participating.
Special Justice CAROL DALBY joins.