In the newest litigation involving Legends, Cliff Goodin’s counsel, Jerry Malone, made an error on the submittal and the case should not have automatically gone to Fox. It should have gone to Judge Patricia James.
The case filed by Cliff Goodin on the 7th was listed on a “civil cover case” as a “related case” to 60CV-21-1653 Gulfside Casino Partnership vs. Arkansas Racing Commission and Legends Resort & Casino, LLC. which is an administrative appeal.
Goodin’s counsel had listed the matter as a “related case,” so the Circuit Clerk reassigned the case “in accordance with the approved Sixth Judicial Circuit Case Assignment Plan.”
Goodin’s complaint is an “original complaint” and not a “related case” to the referenced administrative appeal, according to Fox. He directed:
“The Circuit Clerk is ordered to either: (i) return assignment of the case to the original assigned division, or (ii) once again reassign the case by random computer assignment in accordance with the approved Sixth Judicial Circuit Case Assignment Plan. If the latter method is utilized and Sixth Division ends up ultimately being assigned the case, then it will be an assignment in conformity with the approved Case Assignment Plan and not due to the “related case” error contained on the Civil Cover Sheet.”