Maricopa County v. Tinney

OPINION

ZLAKET, Justice.

The Maricopa County Board of Supervisors, battling a 67 million dollar deficit, imposed a county-wide “hiring freeze” on December 14, 1994. Exemptions from this freeze required a showing of individual necessity for each, position to be filled with a new employee.

Two weeks following enactment of this policy, the Presiding Judge of the Maricopa County Superior Court, C. Kimball Rose, submitted requisition forms for several new employees, including a replacement bailiff for Judge Daniel A. Barker. Judge Barker’s bailiff was planning to retire in January. Judge Rose…