Hammersly, Lisa. In ruling, rebuke of UA System trustee, 14 other lawyers an error. Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (July 26, 2017). Read the story here.
The 8th Circuit’s decision saying the Fort Smith court “abused its discretion” when it wrongly found the lawyers at fault “doesn’t mean the judge did anything improper or illegal,” said Joshua Silverstein, a professor at the William H. Bowen School of Law in Little Rock. “It’s a technical legal term. It just means the judge got it dead wrong.”
