Legal Opinion
Mecham v. Gordon
Arizona Supreme Court
Decided March 9, 1988No. CV-88-0044-SAPublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
REVISED OPINION
FELDMAN, Vice Chief Justice.
Evan Mecham, Governor of Arizona, has petitioned this Court for injunctive relief against the Arizona Senate and others. This Court generally has jurisdiction to enjoin acts of state officers. Ariz. Const, art. 6, § 5. The Governor asks us to enjoin the Senate of the State of Arizona sitting as a “Court of Impeachment” from proceeding at this time with the trial of articles of impeachment against Governor Mecham. We denied the application for an interlocutory stay, but reserved consideration of the merits of the petition. We now decline to issue the…
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