VALLEY v. PHILLIPS COUNTY ELECTION COM'N

No. 03-1137.

183 S.W.3d 557 (2004)

357 Ark. 494

James F. (J.F.) VALLEY v. PHILLIPS COUNTY ELECTION COMMISSION, Joann Smith, Linda White, Jesse L. Smith, III and Hon. L.T. Simes, II, Judge.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

May 20, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Etoch & Halbert Law Firm, by: Charles Halbert; and J.F. Valley, Esq., P.A., by: J.F. Valley, Helena, for appellant.


JIM HANNAH, Justice.

J.F. Valley appeals a decision of the Phillips County Circuit Court disqualifying Charles Halbert from serving as Valley's attorney. Valley alleges that the circuit court abused its discretion by misinterpreting the law on recusal, and rather than recusing, disqualified Halbert to resolve a conflict presented by Halbert's law partner being the circuit judge's opponent in the coming election. No brief...

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