Opinion
01-836
Opinion delivered April 2, 2004
SPECIAL MASTERS — MASTERS' REPORT — ORDER PERMITTING WRITTEN OBJECTIONS. — The supreme court ruled that the parties to the matter would be allowed to file written objections to a special masters' report within the twenty-day time frame set forth in the rules of civil procedure.
Order Permitting Written Objections.
Lewellen Associates, by: Roy C. Lewellen, for appellant class.
Wilson Law Firm, P.A., by: E. Dion Wilson, for appellant school district.
Mike Beebe, Att'y Gen., by: Timothy Gauger, Ass't Att'y Gen., for appellees.
Matthews, Campbell, Rhoads, McClure, Thompson Fryauf, P.A., by David R. Matthews, for intervenors Rogers and Bentonville Public School Districts.
Friday, Eldredge Clark, by: Christopher Heller, for intervenor Little Rock School District.
Mitchell, Blackstock, Barnes, Wagoner, Ivers Sneddon, by: Clayton R. Blackstock and Mark Burnette, for amicus curiae Arkansas Education Association.
Kaplan, Brewer, Maxey Haralson, P.A., by: Regina Haralson, for amicus curiae Arkansas Public Policy Panel.
[1] Today, April 2, 2004, the Masters filed their report in this matter with the Supreme Court Clerk as directed by our per curiam order of February 3, 2004. See Lake View Sch. Dist. No. 25 v. Huckabee, 356 Ark. 1, 144 S.W.3d 741 (2004) ( per curiam). Pursuant to Ark. R. Civ. P. 53(e)(2) (2003), 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.
IMBER, J., not participating.
Special Justice CAROL DALBY joins.