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*1 SUPREME COURT OF ARKANSAS
ri.o. CY-74-427 NATHANIEL SMITH, M.D., M.P.H.,
Opinion Delivered June 26, 2075 INTERIM DIRECTOR OF THE APPEAL FROM THE PULASKI ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT HEALTH, IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY, AND HIS SUCCESSORS [NO. 60CV-13-2662) IN OFFICE; RICHARD WEISS, DIRECTOR OF THE ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION, IN HIS OFFICIAL HONORABLE CHRISTOPHER CAPACITY, AND HIS SUCCESSORS CHARLES PTAZZA, JUDGE IN OFFICE; PULASKI CIRCUIT/COUNTY CLERK, LARRY CRANE, IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY, AND HIS SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST; WHITE COUNTY CLERK, DISMISSED. CHERYL EVANS, IN HER OFFICIAL CAPACITY, AND HER SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST; LONOKE COUNTY CLERK, WILLIAM "LARRY" CLARKE, IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY, AND HIS SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST; CONWAY COUNTY CLERK, DEBBIE HARTMAN, IN HER OFFICIAL CAPACITY, AND HER SUCCESSORS IN OFFICE; SALINE COUNTY CLERK, DOUG CURTIS, IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY, AND HIS SUCCESSORS IN OFFICE; FAULKNER COUNTY CLERK, MELINDA REYNOLDS, IN HER OFFICIAL CAPACITY, AND HER SUCCESSORS IN OFFICE; AND WASHINGTON COUNTY CLERK, BECKY LEWALLEN, IN HER OFFICIAL CAPACITY, AND HER SUCCESSORS IN OFFICE
APPELLANTS V. *2 M. KENDALL WRIGHT AND JULIA E.
WRIGHT, INDIVIDUALLY AND
ON BEHALF OF THEIR MINOR CHILDREN, G.D.W. AND P.L.W.; RHONDA L. EDDY AND TREBA L. LEATH; CAROL L. OWENS AND RANEE J. HARP; NATALIE WARTICK
AND TOMMIEJ.
WARTICK, INDIVIDUALLY AND ON BEHALF OF THEIR MINOR SON T.B.W.;
KIMBERLY M. KIDWELL AND
KATHRYN E. SHORT;JAMES BOONE AND WESLEY GIVENS; KIMBERLY M. ROBINSON AND FELICITY L. ROBINSON; LINDA L. MEYERS AND ANGELA K. SHELBY; GREGORY A. BRUCE AND WILLIAM D. SMITH,JR.; MONICAJ. LOYD ANDJENNIFER L. LOCHRIDGE; JENNIFER D. MOORE AND MANDY A. LYLES; JONATHAN K. GOBER AND MARK R. NORWINE; ANDRA ALSBURY AND
AMBER GARDNER-ALSBURY;
ANGELA SPEARS GULLETTE AND LIVICIE C. GULLETTE; SHANNON HAVENS AND RACHEL
WITTENBURG; CODY RENEGAR
AND THOMAS STAED; KATHERINE HENSON AND ANGELIA BUFORD; CHRISTOPHER H. HORTON AND MICHAEL E. POTTS; JOHN SCHENCK AND ROBERT LOYD; WILLIAM A.
KING
ANDJOHN MCCLAY
RANKINE;
ARICA NAVARRO;
PATRICIA NAVARRO;
AND RANDY AND GARY EDDY-MCCAIN
APPELLEES PER CURIAM cv-14-427 2 *3 ','il1t7. l: -d Cite as 2015 Ark. 298 This is an appeal from the Pulaski County Circuit Court's ruling that amendment 83 to the Arkansas Constitution and Acts 144 and 146 of 7997 are unconstitutional under both the Arkansas and United States Constitutions. In light of the Supreme Court's decision in Obergefell u. Hoilges,576 U.S. (fune 26,2075), holding that such marriage laws violate the
- Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, there are no remainingjusticiable issues in this apped, and the appeal is moot. Bd. of Trustees of the Uniu. of Ark. u, Crauford Cnty. Cir. Ct.,2014 Ark. 60, 431S.W.3d 851 (holding that a case becomes moot when any judgment rendered would have no practical legal effect upon a then existing legal controversy).
Appeal dismissed. 3 cv-14-427