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Friday, October 16, 2026
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Guns in the courthouse

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — The Arkansas Supreme Court held that attorneys, as officers of the court, are authorized to possess handguns in courthouses. One suing attorney is collaterally estopped from pursuing his claims, because he brought the same ones in another suit, but the other plaintiffs may proceed.

/ April 18, 2024

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