Case Name: Richard AVERY, et al. v. Willie WARD, Jr.
Court: Arkansas Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Arkansas
Decision Date: 1995-12-04
Citations: 322 Ark. 669
Docket Number: 95-880
Parties: Richard AVERY, et al. v. Willie WARD, Jr.
Judges: 
Reporter: Arkansas Reports
Volume: 322
Pages: 669–669

Head Matter:
Richard AVERY, et al. v. Willie WARD, Jr.
95-880
911 S.W.2d 578
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Opinion delivered December 4, 1995
J.L. Wilson, for appellee.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
In response to appellee's motion for disqualification, Justices Robert H. Dudley, Tom Glaze, and Donald Corbin recuse but not for any of the reasons set out in his motion. Appellee's attorney, J. L. Wilson, was sanctioned in federal court as a result of a criminal conviction and is now the subject of disciplinary proceedings before the State Professional Conduct Committee and disbarment proceedings before the Phillips County Circuit Court which have been remanded to federal court. Because these named justices intend to seek Rule 11 sanctions to be imposed against attorney J. L. Wilson and his attorneys for filing a no-merit petition in federal court, we recuse.