Legal Opinion
Brown v. Superior Court in & for Maricopa Cy.
Arizona Supreme Court
Decided September 26, 1983No. 16492-SAPublishedCited by 115 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FELDMAN, Justice.
Petitioners, Robert A. Brown and Mary Ellen Brown and Robert A. Brown Enterprises, Inc. (Brown), bring this special action against respondent insurers (Continental) and several of their employees, alleging that the trial judge abused his discretion and acted contrary to law in denying Brown’s motion to compel production. Having concluded that the petition presents important issues of first impression in this state and that remedy by appeal is inadequate, we accepted jurisdiction. Ariz. Const, art. 6, § 5, and Ariz.R.Sp.Act. 4, 17A A.R.S.
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- In Re Grand Jury Investigation. Appeal of United States of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1979
- Noble v. National American Life InsuranceArizona Supreme Court · 1981
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