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The PT appealed the decision to the Arkansas Supreme Court, and the International Chiropractors Association (ICA) stepped forward to assist by filing a detailed and compelling Amicus Curiae brief in support of the Chiropractic Board's decision. After the state appeal was rejected, the PTs appealed to the federal courts, but in a letter to the Arkansas Attorney General dated October 17, 2005, William K. Suter, Clerk of the Supreme Court of the United States announced that the “petition for a writ of certiorari is denied” and thus the previous rulings upholding the actions of the Arkansas State Board of Chiropractic Examiners stand. Click here for the text of ICA’s amicus brief.

"This is an historic and important case since the professional boundaries between PT and chiropractic are being challenged by physical therapy in an extra-legislative and sophisticated manner," said Dr. Henry Rubinstein, who was hired expressly to take on this vitally important case because of his unique background as both a Doctors of Chiropractic and attorney. "The ICA wants chiropractors who have endured decades of harassment to achieve and maintain the recognition they deserve for the benefits that they bestow upon the public that the physical therapists now want to claim as their own."

ICA was invited to submit a brief in the case by the Arkansas Attorney General, who represented the Chiropractic Board, and ICA's efforts were coordinated with the chiropractic community in the state to provide for maximum effectiveness. National physical therapy groups had intervened on behalf of the PT, and briefs were filed in the case with the Arkansas Supreme Court by the American Physical Therapy Association and the Federation of State Boards of Physical Therapy. Those groups, along with contributions from a number of individual PTs also funded the appeals through the federal court system. "The Arkansas State Board appreciates the ICA for its efforts in this important matter and feels this information has been invaluable on chiropractic's behalf in this important legal contest," said Dr. Beverly J. Foster, President of the Arkansas State Board of Chiropractic Examiners.