Arizona Court of Appeals Division One Holds That (1) The Public Service Credit Purchase Program, A.R.S. § 38-743, Qualifies As A Benefit Under The Pension Clause In Arizona’s Constitution, and (2) Recent Amendment To The Program Unconstitutionally Diminishes and Impairs Vested Benefits of ASRS Member.
Yearly Archives: 2014
Korwin v. Cotton – 5/8/2014
May 16, 2014
Arizona Court of Appeals Division One Holds That Although the Government May Limit Speech in a Nonpublic Forum Through Reasonable and Viewpoint-Neutral Restrictions, It May Not Preclude Speech That Actually Complies with Those Restrictions.
Caruthers/Tanouye v. Underhill – 4/3/2014
May 12, 2014
Arizona Court of Appeals Division One Holds That When A Plaintiff Sues on a Single Theory of Fraud-In-The-Inducement, an Election of Remedies is not Required.
Biggs v. Cooper – 4/22/2014
May 7, 2014
Arizona Court of Appeals Division One Holds: Article 9, Section 22(D) of the Arizona Constitution Does Not Grant Sole Authority to the Legislature to Determine when a Supermajority Vote is Required to Increase Existing Taxes or Impose New Taxes; the Legislators Had Standing to Challenge whether Their Votes Were Given the Effect to Which They were Constitutionally Entitled; and Constituents, Including Taxpayers, Did Not Have Standing to Challenge the Constitutionality of A.R.S. § 36-2901.08.
City of Phoenix v. Garretson (4/17/2014)
May 5, 2014
Arizona Court Supreme Court Holds That a Landowner’s Right of Access from Its Property to a Road Constitutes a Compensable Property Right Under Article 2, Section 17, of the Arizona Constitution, but That the Government Does Not Impair Such a Right if It Alters a Road but Leaves Existing Access Points Unchanged, Unless the Access to the Roadway System Is “Unreasonably Circuitous.”
Arizona Court of Appeals Division One Holds That Sponsorship and Promotion of an Event Does Not Create a Duty of Care.