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The police headquarters building in Texarkana, Arkansas.
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Texarkana Says Own Sales Tax Fails Constitutional Test

Texarkana, Arkansas, is in an awkward position: arguing that its own tax is unconstitutional. read more >
Courtney Goodson
Insurance / Legal

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 >
John Goodson
Insurance / Legal

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 >
John Goodson
Insurance / Legal

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 >
Attorney John Goodson (inset) and his pursuit of class-action lawsuits led to a U.S. Supreme Court ruling last week that will make it easier for defendants in  to move their cases out of Miller County Circuit Court and into federal court.
Business Services / Government & Politics / Insurance

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 >
Kirk Johnson
Business Services / Government & Politics / Insurance

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 >