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BESHEAR v. BUTT

Civ. No. PB-C-91-218.

773 F.Supp. 1229 (1991)

Sanford L. BESHEAR, Jr., Plaintiff, v. Chancellor Thomas F. BUTT, Chairman; Attorney William S. Arnold, Vice Chairman; Circuit Judge Stark Ligon, Member; Municipal Judge William C. Gilliam, Member; Attorney Phillip E. Dixon, Member; Attorney James O. Cox, Member; Dewey Stiles, Member; Joy Green, Member; Annie Abrams, Member; Court of Appeals Judge George Cracraft, Alternate; Circuit Judge Harry Barnes, Alternate; Chancellor Annabelle Davis Imber, Alternate; Attorney David "Mac" Glover, Alternate; Attorney Spence Leamons, Alternate; Attorney Steve Engstrom, Alternate; Sherry Walker, Alternate; O.C. Jones, Alternate; Beverly Lambert, Alternate; James A. Badami, Executive Director, The Arkansas Judicial Discipline and Disability Commission, Defendants.

United States District Court, E.D. Arkansas, Pine Bluff Division.

September 19, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sanford L. Beshear, Jr., pro se.

Winston Bryant, Atty. Gen. of the State of Ark. by Sarah H. Harberg, Atty. General's Office, Little Rock, Ark., for defendants.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

GEORGE HOWARD, Jr., District Judge.

The central issue to be resolved in this action is whether Canon 7(B)(1)(c) of the Arkansas Code of Judicial Conduct which provides —

B. CAMPAIGN CONDUCT (1) A candidate, including an incumbent judge, for a judicial office that is filled either by public election between competing candidates or on the basis of a merit system election: . . . . .

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