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SUPREME COURT OF ARKANSAS

No. 08-1009

DARRELL JOHNSON & A. JAN THOMAS, JR., BANKRUPTCY TRUSTEE IN THE MATTER OF DARRELL W. JOHNSON AND JANET K. JOHNSON, DEBTORS,

PETITIONERS

V.

ROCKWELL AUTOMATION, INC.; CONSOLIDATED ELECTRICAL DISTRIBUTORS, INC., D/B/A KEATHLEY-PATTERSON ELECTRIC; & JOHN DOES 1-5,

RESPONDENTS

Opinion Delivered: April 30, 2009

CERTIFIED QUESTIONS OF LAW FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS,

HON. J. LEON HOLMES, JUDGE

CERTIFIED QUESTIONS ANSWERED.



PAUL E. DANIELSON, Associate Justice

This case involves two questions of law certified to this court by the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas in accordance with Arkansas Supreme Court Rule 6-8 (2008) and accepted by this court on September 11, 2008. See Johnson v. Rockwell Automation, Inc., 374 Ark. 217, ___ S.W.3d ___ (2008).

The questions certified are the following:

  1. Under the facts of this case, whether the provisions of Act 649 of 2003, including, but not limited to those codified at Ark. Code Ann. § 16-55--