LACER v. NAVAJO COUNTY

No. 1 CA-CIV 5508.

141 Ariz. 392 (1984)

687 P.2d 400

Mary Zuck LACER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. NAVAJO COUNTY, a body politic; Norman H. Turley, Johnny L. Butler and Charles H. Patterson, as members of and constituting the Board of Supervisors of Navajo County; the State of Arizona, a body politic; the Holbrook Chamber of Commerce; John Does I-X; Jane Does I-X; and Black and White Corporations I-X, Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Arizona, Division 1, Department A.

Decided July 17, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Verkamp & Verkamp by John G. Verkamp, Flagstaff, and Fleming, Pattridge, Hacking & Gardner by Conrad E. Gardner, Golden, Colo., for plaintiff-appellant.

Dale K. Patton, Jr., Navajo County Atty., Holbrook, for defendants-appellees.

Jennings, Strouss & Salmon by Jon L. Kyl, Jefferson L. Lankford, Phoenix, for amicus curiae Salt River Project Agr. Imp. & Power Dist.

Robert K. Corbin, Atty. Gen., amicus curiae by Anthony B. Ching, Sol. Gen., Toni McClory, Asst. Atty. Gen., Arizona Bd. of Regents, amicus curiae by Stephen K. Smith, Arizona School Bd. Ass'n, amicus curiae by Robert M. Jarrett, Jr., Ass'n Atty., The League of Arizona Cities and Towns, amicus curiae by J. La Mar Shelley, Gen. Counsel, James A. Ullman, P.C. by James A. Ullman, Mary C. Stevens, Phoenix, for amicus curiae Arizona Educ. Ass'n.

Ronald J. Logan, Phoenix, for amicus curiae Arizona Public Employees Ass'n/American Federation of State, County and Mun. Employees and Council 97, AFL-CIO.

Snell & Wilmer by James R. Condo, Rebecca Winterscheidt, Phoenix, for amicus curiae Ball, Ball & Brosamer, Inc., Aetna Cas. & Sur., Associated Gen. Contractors-Arizona Bldg. Chapter, Engineering Corp. of America, and Western Technologies, Inc.

Tom Collins, Maricopa County Atty., amicus curiae Cleon M. Duke, Deputy County Atty., Phoenix, on behalf of Stephen G. Udall, Apache County Atty., St. Johns, Beverly Jenney, Cochise County Atty., Bisbee, Robert Duber, Gila County Atty., Globe, William Coffeen, Greenlee County Atty., Clifton, William Ekstrom, Mohave County Atty., Kingman, Charles Hastings, Yavapai County Atty., Prescott, David Ellsworth, Yuma County Atty., Yuma, Jack Williams, Graham County Atty., Safford, Don Moon, La Paz County Atty., Parker, Stephen Neely, Pima County Atty., Tucson, Roy Mendoza, Pinal County Atty., Florence, Dennis Fenwick, Santa Cruz County Atty., Nogales.


OPINION

OGG, Presiding Judge.

In this appeal we must decide whether Navajo County is entitled to an award of attorney's fees pursuant to Rule 21, Arizona Rules of Civil Appellate Procedure1, and A.R.S. § 12-341.01. Although the court normally disposes of such matters by unpublished orders, the issue presented is of such significance that we feel a published opinion is warranted. See Schweiger v. China Doll Restaurant, Inc...

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