BEAUMONT v. ADKISSON

No. 79-311.

593 S.W.2d 11 (1980)

William E. BEAUMONT, County Judge of Pulaski County, Arkansas, Petitioner, v. Richard B. ADKISSON, Circuit Judge, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

January 14, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James L. Sloan, Little Rock, for petitioner.

Steve Clark, Atty. Gen., by W. Russell Meeks, III, Deputy Atty. Gen., Little Rock, for respondent.


HICKMAN, Justice.

William E. Beaumont, County Judge of Pulaski County, asks for a writ to prohibit Pulaski County Circuit Judge, Richard B. Adkisson, from ordering Beaumont to show cause why he should not be held in contempt of court. We granted a temporary stay and now make it permanent.

Adkisson, who is one of five Pulaski County Circuit Judges, issued an order September 7, 1979, finding that two of his employees, a Probation Officer/Bailiff and a Secretary...

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