Willis v. Circuit Court of Phillips County

Petitioners Arnell “Buck” Willis and the Phillips County Board of Election .Commissioners have filed, alternatively, petitions for writ of certiorari, writ of prohibition, or writ of mandamus, asking this court to prevent the Phillips County Circuit Court from hearing a petition for declaratory relief brought by Eddie O’Neal and James “J.E” Valley. Petitioners assert that the issue now before the Phillips County Circuit Court is barred by the doctrine of res judicata. We granted a temporary stay of the proceedings pending in the circuit court, and ordered both the Petitioners and Respondents…