The court handed down its first opinions for publication on August 8, 1979.

[2] The Arkansas Court of Appeals issues a large number of opinions, but does not publish all of them.

Instead, only those opinions that "resolve novel or unusual questions" are released for publication by the state's Reporter of Decisions.

[3] Originally, there were six judges on the court, this number was expanded by legislation to nine and then twelve.

The first judges of the court were appointed by Bill Clinton, during his first term as Governor of Arkansas.