Miller County Circuit Court
Texarkana Says Own Sales Tax Fails Constitutional Test
Texarkana, Arkansas, is in an awkward position: arguing that its own tax is unconstitutional. read more >
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Arkansas Supreme Court Ruling Unleashes Flurry of Lawsuits
Just months after the U.S. Supreme Court shut down a class-action strategy that had been wildly lucrative for Keil & Goodson of Texarkana, a ruling by the Arkansas Supreme Court opened up a new business opportunity. read more >
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Judge Keeps Texarkana Case In Federal Court
The potential class-action case that was the subject of a pivotal ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court will be staying in federal court, another blow to the plaintiffs’ attorneys who had hoped to continue the case in the historically friendly confines of Miller County Circuit Court. read more >
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Miller County Lawyers Want Standard Fire Suit Back in Texarkana
A loss at the U.S. Supreme Court in March isn’t stopping plaintiffs’ attorneys from fighting to return a potential class-action lawsuit to the friendly confines of Miller County Circuit Court. read more >
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Inside the Miller County Class-Action Strategy Invalidated by U.S. Supreme Court
The high court agreed with dozens of other corporations that have complained that Miller County Circuit Court is a legal backwater where friendly elected judges help prolific local class-action attorneys exploit a loophole in federal law to force giant settlements in cases whose legal merits are never even considered. read more >
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Court Called Judicial Hellhole; Defenders Blast Complaints
Defense attorneys involved in class-action cases in Miller County Circuit Court have called it a “judicial hellhole,” while defenders insist that the complaints are only designed to keep plaintiffs from receiving the evidence they have a right to inspect. read more >
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