Town of Miami v. City of Globe

BRAMMER, Presiding Judge.

¶ 1 Appellant Town of Miami challenged appellee City of Globe’s annexation of land west of Globe, claiming that the parcel to be annexed was not contiguous to Globe as required by A.R.S. § 9-471(A)(l) and defined by § 9-471(H)(3). Although the trial court found Miami had standing to challenge the annexation, the court granted summary judgment in favor of Globe on the ground that Globe had substantially complied with the statutory annexation requirements. Because Globe was required to strictly, rather than substantially, comply with the statutory requirement that a…