Tommy Reed, Executive Director of the Arkansas Professional Bail Bond Licensing Board, and Arkansas Professional…

Summary

The court reversed the circuit court's order and affirmed the Board's suspension of the appellees' licenses. It held that, under the Administrative Procedure Act, the circuit court's review was limited to the Board's final agency action and that the appellees' challenge to the Board's statutory composition could not support reversal in that proceeding. The court also declined to consider additional claims because the appellees had not filed a cross-appeal. Hannah, C.J., dissenting, would have affirmed the circuit court's constitutional ruling, while Brown, J., concurring, would have upheld the Board's action while removing the ineligible judicial member.