062934P.pdf   11/06/2007  Scenic Holding  v.  New Bd. of Trustees
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  06-2934
   U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas - Little Rock   
   [PUBLISHED] [Riley, Author, with Loken, Chief Judge, and Bye,
   Circuit Judge]
   Civil case. District court did not err in denying plaintiff's recusal
   motion as the record failed to show the judge was biased in favor of
   defendants because of his religion; district court did not err in looking to
   state law to determine whether a party had to be joined or in dismissing
   eight new causes action plaintiff sought to add in its third amended
   complaint; under Arkansas law, the burden of proving an agency
   relationship lies with the party asserting its existence, and the court did
   not err in placing on plaintiff the burden of proving the authority of the
   board to bind the church; evidentiary rulings affirmed. Judge Bye,
   concurring in part and dissenting in part.