Ahnert v. Sunnyside Unified School District 12

OPINION

RICHMOND, Judge.

Appellants, taxpayers in the Sunnyside School District, appeal from judgments entered in favor of the district on two counts of an action challenging the validity of contracts made in violation of the open meeting laws, A.R.S. § 38-431, et seq. We reverse the judgments on counts one and three of appellants’ complaint but affirm the denial of attorney’s fees to appellants on count two; The relevant facts are as follows.

In early May, 1978, the Sunnyside Board of Education directed the district’s acting superintendent to ask Dr. E. P. Moses of the School Operation and…