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Jennings v. Woods

Arizona Supreme Court

Decided June 9, 1999No. CV-98-0586-SAPublishedCited by 23 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

JONES, Vice Chief Justice.

¶ 1 This action challenges the eligibility of Tony West to be elected to the office of Commissioner of the Arizona Corporation Commission in the November 3,1998 general election. The action was filed originally as a Special Action Petition for Writ of Mandamus against the attorney general. Pursuant to petitioner’s separate application filed subsequently, we treat the matter as a statutory action in quo warranto.

¶ 2 We hold Mr. West ineligible by reason of the express language of A.R.S. § 40-101: “A person in the employ of, or holding an official relation to a…

2Cases cited39 opinions

  1. NORTH STAR INTERNATIONAL, a Nevada Corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. the ARIZONA CORPORATION COMMISSION, Et Al., Defendants-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1983
  2. State v. CarrollSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1871
  3. Valencia Energy Co. v. Arizona Department of RevenueArizona Supreme Court · 1998
  4. Mendelsohn v. Superior CourtArizona Supreme Court · 1953
  5. State Ex Rel. Jones v. LockhartArizona Supreme Court · 1953

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3Cited by23 opinions

  1. City of Surprise v. acc/lake PleasantArizona Supreme Court · 2019
  2. NEW SUN BUSINESS PARK, LLC v. Yuma CountyCourt of Appeals of Arizona · 2009
  3. Haynes v. OttleySupreme Court of The Virgin Islands · 2014
  4. Span v. MaricopaCourt of Appeals of Arizona · 2019
  5. Metzler v. Bci Coca-Cola Bottling Company of Los Angeles, Inc.Arizona Supreme Court · 2014

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