Stark Ligon, as Executive Director of the Arkansas Supreme Court Committee on Professional Conduct v. Teresa Lynette…

Summary

The court dismissed the contempt petition because the summons contained material defects and service of process did not comply even with the applicable substantial-compliance standard. The court held that the respondent's actual notice and timely answer triggered the relaxed standard under Rule 4(k), but the defects in the summons and the failure to satisfy the conditions for leaving process in close proximity were insufficient. Because dismissal was required on process grounds, the court did not reach the remaining arguments or the merits of the contempt claim.