The End of an Era: Final Bound Volume of Arkansas Reports Issued

In a press release dated June 28, 2010, the Administrative Office of the Courts announces that the final bound volume of the Arkansas Reports and Arkansas Appellate Reports has been issued.

The final issue of the Arkansas Reports comes one hundred and seventy-three years after its first publication.  Arkansas is the first state in the country to eliminate the use of bound volumes of the appellate courts’ opinions. See Act 221 of 2009.  The final bound volume of the Arkansas Reports includes decisions from November 5, 2008 to February 12, 2009.  All opinions of the Arkansas Supreme Court and Court of Appeals handed down on or after February 14, 2009 are officially published as electronic versions, which can be found on the judiciary’s web site.