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Rh #CONSTITUTIONAL LAW—ARK. CODE ANN. § 26-80-204(18)(C) VIOLATED ARK. CONST. AMEND. 74—VOID & OF NO EFFECT.—The supreme court held that Ark. Code Ann. § 26-80-204(18)(C) (Supp. 2001) violated Amendment 74 of the Arkansas Constitution and was void and of no effect.
 * 1) APPEAL & ERROR—FAILURE TO CITE RULE OR TO DEVELOP ARGUMENT BASED ON RULE—SUPREME COURT WILL NOT DO APPELLANT'S RESEARCH.—Appellants failed to cite to a rule for when an incentive award is appropriate or to develop an argument based on that rule; the supreme court has said time and again that it will not research an appellant's argument for it.
 * 2) CONTEMPT—APPELLANTS' ARGUMENT REJECTED—1994 ORDER WAS NOT LAW OF CASE.—Having determined that the 1994 order was not the law of the case, the supreme court rejected appellants' contempt argument based on that order, noting that it was hard pressed to conclude that the State was in contempt of the 1994 order when the supreme court had already decided that the issue in this appeal was whether the 1995 and 1997 legislation as well as Ark. Const. amend. 74 had brought the state into constitutional compliance.
 * 3) APPEAL & ERROR—ARGUMENT SUFFERED FROM LACK OF SPECIFICITY & CITATION TO AUTHORITY—SUPREME COURT WILL NOT DEVELOP APPELLANT'S ARGUMENT.—With regard to appellants' argument that retroactive funding was required, appellants' argument suffered from lack of specificity and citation to authority; the supreme court will not develop an appellant's argument for it or do an appellant's legal research on a point raised.
 * 4) SCHOOLS & SCHOOL DISTRICTS—SCHOOL FUNDING—LIMITED ROLE OF COURTS.—Regarding appellants' argument that the trial court should have ordered specific remedies against the State, the supreme court noted that the trial court's role and the supreme court's role were limited to a determination of whether the existing school-funding system satisfied constitutional dictates and, if not, why not.
 * 5) ATTORNEY & CLIENT—ATTORNEY'S FEES—FACTORS FOR GUIDANCE IN ASSESSING.—Factors for guidance in assessing attorney's fees are (1) the experience and ability of counsel; (2) the time and labor required to perform the legal service properly; (3) the amount involved in the case and the results obtained; (4) the novelty and difficulty of the issues involved; (5) the fee customarily charged in the locality for similar services; (6) whether the fee is fixed or contingent; (7) the time limitations imposed upon the