Scheehle v. Justices of the Supreme Court

OPINION

VOSS, Judge.

¶ 1 The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals certified the following question to this court: “Does A.R.S. § 12-133 authorize a system of compulsory participation of attorneys in the mandatory arbitration system?”

¶2 To respond, we turn to the express language of Arizona Revised Statutes (A.R.S.) § 12-133 (Supp.2001). Subsection (A) states:

The superior court, by rule of court, shall do both of the following:

1. Establish jurisdictional limits of not to exceed fifty thousand dollars for submission of disputes to arbitration.

2. Require arbitration in all cases which are filed in…