Arkansas Supreme Court Chief Justice Karen Baker (left) and Marty Sullivan, the director of the Administrative Office of the Courts, are shown in these file photos from January 2025 and November ...

History was made at the Van Buren County Courthouse on Wednesday as Karen Baker was sworn in as Chief Justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court— making her the first woman to hold the position.

CLINTON, Ark. – Incoming Arkansas Supreme Court Chief Justice Karen Baker took her oath of office in Clinton on Wednesday. Oaths for state office are typically made in Little Rock, but Baker ...

The Arkansas Supreme Court released opinions Thursday. The court's ruling and the names of the cases are reprinted here. The full opinions and other court proceedings, including per curiam decisions, ...

The Arkansas Supreme Court ... Sebastian County Circuit Court, Fort Smith District. Reversed and remanded in part; affirmed in part. Mandate to issue immediately. Baker, C.J., and Hudson and ...

As jury selection unfolds in the Karen Read retrial ... for Read are basing their Supreme Court case on a continuation of the 2012’s Blueford v. Arkansas, which in many ways resembles the ...

Five Justices of the Arkansas State Supreme Court and Chief Justice Karen Baker went back and forth about the authority they believe she has in a Thursday meeting. “I don’t understand why the ...