P & P Mehta LLC v. Jones

OPINION

SULT, Judge.

¶ 1 Arizona Revised Statutes (“A.R.S.”) § 12-911(A)(1) (2003) permits the superior court, while a judicial review proceeding is pending, to stay the implementation of a state administrative agency decision when it finds “good cause” to do so. What the legislature meant when it created this standard is the subject of this opinion.

¶ 2 We are asked by the City of Phoenix, intervenor in this liquor license proceeding, to adopt from the jurisprudence dealing with an original proceeding for a preliminary injunction a stringent test for stay relief that requires a substantial…