Calaway v. Practice Management Services, Inc.

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Calaway v. Practice Management Services, Inc.
the Arkansas Supreme Court

Hannah, C.J., wrote the opinion of the court in Calaway v. Practice Management Services, Inc., 2010 Ark. 432.

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Supreme Court of Arkansas

2010 Ark. 432

Rhonda Calaway  v.  PRACTICE MANAGEMENT SERVICES, INC. and RICHARD JOHNS, M.D.

Certified Question from U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Arkansas

No. 10-105. --- Delivered: November 11, 2010. 

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Opinion of the Court

Certification of question of law from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas, Western Division, the Honorable Susan Webber Wright, United States District Judge; certified question answered.

[Opinion of the Court by Chief Justice JIM HANNAH.]

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