Arkansas Department of Human Services v. Shipman

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• although it was “readily apparent” that Department ofHuman Services employees intended to appeal from their contempt conviction, that matter was not properly before the appellate court where the notice of appeal made no reference to the contempt order
• notice of appeal must be judged by what it recites and not what it intends to recite; it must state the order appealed from with specificity, and orders not mentioned in it are not properly before the appellate court

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