Arizona State Land Department v. McFate

BERNSTEIN, Justice.

The Arizona State Land Department and the State Land Commissioner, Obed M. Lassen, (hereinafter called the “petitioners”) made original application to this Court for a writ of prohibition requiring the Superior Court of Maricopa County, Honorable Yale McFate presiding, to desist and refrain from any further proceedings in an action instituted against them by the Attorney General. The Attorney General, acting on behalf of the State of Arizona, petitioned the Superior Court to enjoin petitioners from selling, pursuant to A.R.S. § 37-231 et seq., eight parcels of land located…