KELLEY v. TIMS

No. 9332-PR.

104 Ariz. 131 (1969)

449 P.2d 596

Stanley M. KELLEY, on behalf of himself as a Policeman and a Taxpayer of the City of Scottsdale and all others similarly situated, Appellant, v. B.L. TIMS, Doris McCauley, John L. Senini, Charles K. Murray, Leonard Johnson, William Jenkins and R.L. Jones, acting as the City Council of the City of Scottsdale, a municipal corporation of the State of Arizona, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Arizona. In Banc.

Rehearing Denied March 4, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald Maxwell, Scottsdale, for appellant.

Richard R. Filler, City Atty., Scottsdale for appellees.

Hughes, Hughes & Conlan, Phoenix, by John C. Hughes, amicus curiae.

The League of Arizona Cities and Towns by J. LaMar Shelley, General Counsel, Mesa, amicus curiae.

Roy B. Skaggs, II, Benson, Town Atty. Town of Benson, Walter J. Reynolds, Jr., Chandler, City Atty. City of Chandler, J. Kendall Hansen, St. Johns, Town Atty. Town of Eagar, William H. Rehnquist, Phoenix, Town Atty. Town of Paradise Valley, Alvin Moore, Phoenix, Town Atty. Town of Parker, Robert J. Backstein, Phoenix, City Atty. City of Phoenix, H. Karl Mangum, Flagstaff, City Atty. City of Flagstaff, Kenyon Udall, Town Atty. Town of Gilbert, Frank E. Tippett, Globe, City Atty. City of Globe, James B. Greenwood, Bisbee, Town Atty. Town of Huachuca City, O.E. Everett, Kingman, City Atty. City of Kingman, J. LaMar Shelley, City Atty. City of Mesa, Nasib Karam, Nogales, City Atty. City of Nogales, Alvin F. Krupp, Safford, City Atty. City of Safford, J. Kendall Hansen, St. Johns, City Atty. City of St. Johns, Dennis I. Davis, Show Low, City Atty. City of Show Low, Fred P. Talmadge, Sierra Vista, City Atty. City of Sierra Vista, Frank Stanlis, Wickenburg, Town Atty. Town of Wickenburg, Stuart C. Willoughby, Willcox, City Atty. City of Willcox, Larry E. Mills, Williams, City Atty. City of Williams, of counsel.


UDALL, Chief Justice.

Appellant, Stanley M. Kelley, hereinafter Kelley, filed a petition for writ of mandamus with the court below, seeking to compel the city of Scottsdale, Arizona to comply with the provisions of the Police Pension Act as contained in Arizona Revised Statutes, sections 9-911 through 9-934. An alternative writ was issued by the trial court and then quashed after a hearing. Kelley appealed to the Court of Appeals, Division 1. That court affirmed the...

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