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      "IN the MATTER of the ESTATE OF J.I. SEAY, Sr., Deceased; In the Matter of the Estate of Hilma R. Seay, Deceased; George L. Seay, et al. v. Helen Quinn, et al."
    ],
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      {
        "text": "Per Curiam.\nConsidering the motion for a reassignment of judge filed by Helen S. Quinn and First United Bank, co-trustees and personal representatives of the Estates of J.I. Seay, Sr., and Hilma R. Seay, and the response filed by George L. Seay and James Irby Seay, Jr., this court has determined the following:\n1. Judge Lawrence Dawson was assigned the captioned cases when the judge of the Chancery and Probate Courts of Arkansas County of the Eleventh East Judicial Circuit recused pursuant to Ark. Code Ann. section 16-10-101, which provides that:\nThe Chief Justice of the Supreme Court shall be directly responsible for the efficient operation of the judicial branch and of its constituent courts and for the expeditious dispatch of litigation therein and the proper conduct of the business of the courts.\n2. Judge Dawson\u2019s term expired on December 31, 1998. Accordingly, his assignment was terminated and a new assignment was necessary.\n3. On February 22, 1999, Judge David Switzer was assigned to the captioned cases under Orders Number 99-114 and 99-115.\n4. On April 2, 1999, Judge Switzer held a pretrial conference and issued a pretrial order.\n5. The first objection to Judge Switzer\u2019s appointment was made on April 7, 1999, after he had conducted his first hearing.\n6. This court held in Neal v. Wilson, 321 Ark. 70, 900 S.W.2d 177 (1995), that:\nIt is the parties\u2019 or trial court\u2019s responsibility to apprise this Court as to whether an assignment is necessary under Act 496. Once that assignment is made, that responsibility continues. Clearly, it is not this court\u2019s task, on its own volition, to discover or monitor whether the circumstances have changed to warrant the termination of an assignment or reassignment.\nThe objection to Judge Switzer\u2019s appointment was not timely filed. Accordingly, we deny the motion for a reassignment of judge.",
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    "attorneys": [
      "Malcolm R. Smith, P.A., by: Malcolm R. Smith; and Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard, P.L.L.C., by: Lance R. Miller, for movants.",
      "Charles J. Lincoln, P.A., by: Charles J. Lincoln; and John R. Myers, for respondents."
    ],
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    "head_matter": "IN the MATTER of the ESTATE OF J.I. SEAY, Sr., Deceased; In the Matter of the Estate of Hilma R. Seay, Deceased; George L. Seay, et al. v. Helen Quinn, et al.\n99-538\n989 S.W.2d 913\nSupreme Court of Arkansas\nOpinion delivered May 13, 1999\nMalcolm R. Smith, P.A., by: Malcolm R. Smith; and Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard, P.L.L.C., by: Lance R. Miller, for movants.\nCharles J. Lincoln, P.A., by: Charles J. Lincoln; and John R. Myers, for respondents."
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