Legal Opinion
Burton v. City of Tucson
Arizona Supreme Court
Decided October 19, 1960No. 6983, 6986PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LESHER, Justice.
These are consolidated appeals from judgments entered in the trial court on orders dismissing appellants’ complaints for failure to state a claim on which relief could be granted. The facts are sufficiently similar in the two cases to permit them to be treated together. The legal problems presented are identical.
Appellants are residents of areas which, prior to March, 1959, lay adjacent to but were not parts of the City of Tucson. In February, 1959, appellants filed with the Board of Supervisors of Pima County petitions that elections be ordered to determine whether those…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Hunter v. City of PittsburghSupreme Court of the United States · 1907
- Commonwealth v. DavisMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1886
- City of Tucson v. GarrettArizona Supreme Court · 1954
- Skinner v. City of PhoenixArizona Supreme Court · 1939
- Faulkner v. Board of SupervisorsArizona Supreme Court · 1915
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Scarlett v. Town Council, Town of Jackson, Teton CountyWyoming Supreme Court · 1969
- State Ex Rel. Pickrell v. DowneyArizona Supreme Court · 1967
- City of Tucson v. Pima CountyCourt of Appeals of Arizona · 2001
- Gieszl v. Town of GilbertCourt of Appeals of Arizona · 1974
- Jay v. KreighArizona Supreme Court · 1974
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