Sosebee v. County Line School District’s Empirical Analysis

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25 state decisions

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1. “Since the advent of [Arkansas’s] original Civil Code, there have been two types of proceedings in Arkansas law. One is a civil action; the other is a special proceeding. Coleman v. Coleman, 257 Ark. 404 , 520 S.W.2d 239 (1974).... A civil action is an ordinary proceeding in a court of justice by one. party against another for the enforcement or protection of a private right or the redress or prevention of a private wrong. Id. ... All proceedings not covered by the definition of “civil action” are special proceedings. Garrett v. Andrews, 294 Ark. 160 , 741 S.W.2d 257 (1987).”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Swenson v. Kane · 51 F. Supp. 3d 861 - Estate of Miller v. Miller

2. “(a) Applicability in General. These rules shall apply to all civil proceedings cognizable in the circuit, chancery, and probate courts of this State except in those instances where a statute which creates a right, remedy or proceeding specifically provides a different procedure in which event the procedure so specified shall apply.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. Weiss v. Johnson