Yearly Archives: 2014

Pendergast v. Arizona State Retirement System – 5/1/2014

May 19, 2014
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.

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.

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.”