Opinion
No. 12-713
08-29-2012
NANCY TODD, AN INDIVIDUAL, AND NANCY TODD'S POKER PALACE AND ENTERTAINMENT VENUES, LLC PETITIONERS v. MARK MARTIN, IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS SECRETARY OF STATE OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS RESPONDENT CHUCK LANGE INTERVENOR
Williams & Anderson, LLC, by: Peter G. Kumpe, for petitioners Nancy Todd and Nancy Todd's Poker Palace and Entertainment Venues, LLC. Dustin McDaniel, Att'y Gen., by: Scott P. Richardson, Ass't Att'y Gen., for respondent Mark Martin, in His Official Capacity as Secretary of State. Wright, Lindsey & Jennings, LLP, by: Stephen R. Lancaster, Justin T. Allen, and Jane A. Kim, for intervenor Chuck Lange.
PETITION FOR REVIEW OF SECRETARY OF STATE'S DETERMINATION
PETITION FOR REVIEW
GRANTED; EXPEDITED BRIEFING
SCHEDULE ORDERED.
PER CURIAM
Pursuant to Arkansas Code Annotated § 7-9-505 (Repl. 2011), petitioners Nancy Todd and Nancy Todd's Poker Palace and Entertainment Venues, LLC, seek review of the Secretary of State's determination finding that the ballot title submitted by petitioners is legally insufficient. We grant review and direct this court's clerk to set an expedited briefing schedule with simultaneous briefs due by Tuesday, September 4, 2012, at 9:00 a.m. Intervenor Chuck Lange's motion to intervene is also granted.
Williams & Anderson, LLC, by: Peter G. Kumpe, for petitioners Nancy Todd and Nancy Todd's Poker Palace and Entertainment Venues, LLC.
Dustin McDaniel, Att'y Gen., by: Scott P. Richardson, Ass't Att'y Gen., for respondent Mark Martin, in His Official Capacity as Secretary of State.
Wright, Lindsey & Jennings, LLP, by: Stephen R. Lancaster, Justin T. Allen, and Jane A. Kim, for intervenor Chuck Lange.