Legal Opinion
La Paz County v. Yuma County
Arizona Supreme Court
Decided March 27, 1987No. 16466PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOLOHAN, Justice.
This case involves a dispute over the division of assets between two counties necessitated by the formation of a new county (La Paz) from the existing territory of an existing county (Yuma). We have original and exclusive jurisdiction over disputes between counties. Ariz. Const. art. VI § 5(2).
FACTS
On March 29, 1982, supporters of an effort to create a new county out of the northern portion of Yuma County filed petitions with sufficient valid signatures to mandate a special election under A.R.S. §§ 11-131 and -132.1 The voters of Yuma County approved the measure on May 25,…
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- National Labor Relations Board v. Sequoia District Council of Carpenters, Afl-Cio, and John Horn and Larry Null, Additional in ContemptCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1977
- Carter Oil Co. v. McQuiggCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1940
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