Legal Opinion

Dawson v. Superior Court

Court of Appeals of Arizona

Decided February 8, 1990No. 1 CA-SA 88-280PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

GRANT, Chief Judge.

This is a special action from the trial court’s order dismissing petitioner’s complaint for failure to comply with the Arizona Civil Rights Act, A.R.S. § 41-1401 et seq. We accept jurisdiction and grant relief.

The issue presented is whether a private litigant in a civil rights action under A.R.S. § 41-1401 et seq., may seek a preliminary injunction from the superior court before receiving a right-to-sue letter from the Arizona Civil Rights Division. Respondent argues that A.R.S. § 41-1481(E) provides that only the Arizona Civil Rights Division may bring an action for a…

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