NAVAJO TRIBE v. ARIZONA DEPT. OF ADMINISTRATION

No. 11683.

111 Ariz. 279 (1974)

528 P.2d 623

The NAVAJO TRIBE and the City of Phoenix, a municipal corporation, Petitioners, City of Tucson, a municipal corporation, Intervenor, v. ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION, the Finance Division thereof, Raymond S. Long, in his official capacity as Director, and T.G. Hawkins, in his official capacity as Assistant Director, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Arizona, En Banc.

Rehearing Denied January 8, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brown, Vlassis & Bain, P.A. by Ronald E. Lowe, Joe R. Purcell, City Atty., of Phoenix, by Robert A. Slonaker, Phoenix, for petitioners.

James D. Webb, City Atty. of Tucson by Phyllis P. Sugar and Frederick S. Dean, Tucson, for intervenor.

N. Warner Lee, Atty. Gen., by Fred W. Stork, III, Phoenix, for respondents.


HAYS, Chief Justice.

The controversy presented by this special action in the nature of mandamus was engendered by an opinion of the Attorney General of Arizona, Department of Law Opinion No. 74-12. Based on that opinion, the Arizona Department of Administration has refused to accept obligations and make payments that the Arizona Department of Economic Security (DES) contracted for with The Navajo Tribe and the City of Phoenix, petitioners, and the City of Tucson,...

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