Worth v. Benton County Circuit Court

Jim Hannah, Justice.

Petitioners seek a writ of mandamus, or alternatively a writ of prohibition, to prevent the circuit judge from sitting in this case. This case was previously submitted on June 27, 2002, however, we issued a per curiam on July 5, 2002, ordering the parties to brief five additional issues. Worth v. Keith, 349 Ark. 731, 79 S.W.3d 387 (2002) (Worth IT). This case is now resubmitted with the additional briefing.

Petitioners allege the circuit judge must recuse where he or his family may be beneficiaries of any tax refund or “rollback.” We hold that the trial judge, as a property…