State Ex Rel. Babbitt v. Arnold

OPINION

HATHAWAY, Judge.

In its answer to a request for production of documents, propounded by the real parties in interest, petitioner identified in pertinent part two documents as being relevant to petitioner’s contention that the real parties in interest had conspired to fix the price of burial of deceased Pima County indigents. Petitioner refused to produce the documents, asserting the attorney-client privilege. Thereafter, a motion to compel discovery was filed by the real parties in interest. At the conclusion of the hearing on the motion, the respondent judge upheld petitioner’s claim of…