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BUTT v. EVANS LAW FIRM, P.A.

No. 01-1307.

98 S.W.3d 1 (2003)

351 Ark. 566

William Jackson BUTT, II; Butt-N-Buck Hardwood Plantation, LC; and Three Thousand Nineteen Taxpayer Class Members v. The EVANS LAW FIRM, P.A.; E. Kent Hirsch, P.A.; and David G. Nixon.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

January 30, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Davis, Wright, Clark, Butt & Carithers, PLC, by: William Jackson Butt II; Bassett Law Firm, by: Woody Bassett; Everett Law Firm, by John Everett and Jason Wales; Taylor Law Firm, by: Tim Brooks; Ball & Mourton, Ltd., PLLC, by: Rayburn W. Green; Howard W. Brill; Odom & Elliott, by: Bobby Odom and Don Elliott; Connor & Winters, P.L.L.C., by: John Elrod and Terri Dill Chadick, Fayetteville; Harrington, Miller, Neihouse & Krug, by: Mickie Harrington, Springdale; Estes, Estes & Gramling, by: Peter G. Estes, Jr., Fayetteville; and Quattlebaum Grooms Tull & Burrow, PLLC, by: Leon Holmes, Little Rock, for appellants.

Timothy Davis Fox, PLLC, by: Timothy Davis Fox, Little Rock, for appellees/cross-appellants.

ROBERT L. BROWN, Justice.

This is an appeal brought by the appellants, William Jackson Butt, II, Butt-N-Buck Hardwood Plantation (Butt-N-Buck), and 3,019 taxpayers from an order of the Washington County Circuit Court, which awarded attorneys' fees in a consolidated illegal-exaction suit. The appeal alleges that the circuit court abused its discretion in the amount of fees awarded, which was 25% of the various settlement amounts for a total fee award of approximately...

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