Biggs v. Betlach – 11/17/2017

December 5, 2017
Arizona Supreme Court holds that regulatory assessment on hospitals to pay for an expanded Medicaid program is not a tax for purposes of article 9, section 22 of the Arizona Constitution and that legislative-supermajority requirement does not apply because the assessment is “not prescribed by formula, amount or limit” and is “set by a state officer or agency.”

Noriega v. Town of Miami (10/26/2017)

December 5, 2017
The Arizona Court of Appeals Division Two holds that A.R.S. § 12-820.02(A)(1) affords public employees qualified immunity when the “essence” or “core” of a claim is that the public employee failed to make an arrest.c