Case Title: Francis J. Hart et al. v. Benton County et al.

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State: arkansas

Court: Arkansas Supreme Court

Date: 1997-03-10T00:00:00Z

Document:
Francis J. HART and Other Benton County
Taxpayers Similarly Situated v. BENTON
COUNTY; Bruce Rutherford, County Judge of
Benton County, Arkansas; Quorum Court
Members, Robert "Dodie" Evans, William R.
Fortune, Leon E. Lynch, Cary Anderson, Tim
Summers, Mary Baggett, Earl Femmer, Margaret
"Marge" Wolf, Sheryll A. Harbaugh, Clyde C.
Cummings, Charles Bilby, Jeff Moser, Anne
Miners; Benton County Treasurer; Gloria
Spring-Peterson; and State of Arkansas

96-1255                                            ___ S.W.2d ___

                    Supreme Court of Arkansas
                Opinion delivered March 10, 1997


Appeal & error -- motion for disqualification or recusal denied. -- The 
     supreme court denied appellant's motion for disqualification
     or recusal of supreme court justices, having found that
     appellant's request for a hearing after denial of the motion
     was inconsistent; the request for a hearing was denied on
     grounds of mootness.


     Motion for Disqualification or Recusal of Supreme Court
Justices; denied.
     Oscar Stilley, for appellant.
     No response.

     Per Curiam. 
     The motion for disqualification or recusal of Supreme Court
justices  filed by appellants, Francis J. Hart, and other Benton
County Taxpayers similiary situated, is denied.  Appellants also
request a hearing  "[i]f the Justices choose not to recuse without
a hearing."  We find appellants' request for a hearing after denial
of the motion to be inconsistent.  The purpose of a hearing is to
consider the merits of a motion before making a decision. 
Therefore, appellants' request for a hearing "if the Justices
choose not to recuse" is denied on grounds of mootness.