Clay v. Arizona Interscholastic Ass'n

OPINION

MOELLER, Justice.

JURISDICTION AND ISSUE

This case presents the issue of whether the trial court abused its discretion by granting a preliminary injunction. The trial court concluded, based on an evidentiary hearing, that the Arizona Interscholastic Association (AIA) acted arbitrarily and capriciously in denying Matthew Clay’s petition for an exception to the AIA’s eight-consecutive-semester rule of athletic eligibility. Although the matter has become moot as between the parties because the basketball season Clay wanted to (and did) participate in is now over, a published court of…