RURAL/METRO CORP. v. ARIZONA CORP. COM'N

No. 1 CA-CIV 5285.

129 Ariz. 119 (1980)

629 P.2d 86

RURAL/METRO CORPORATION, an Arizona Corporation, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. ARIZONA CORPORATION COMMISSION, and Bud Tims, James Weeks and John Ahearn, in their capacities as members of said Commission, Defendants-Appellants.

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

Rehearing Denied February 4, 1981.

Review Granted February 18, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Law Offices of Louis G. Jekel by Robert C. Howard, Jr., and Louis G. Jekel, Scottsdale, Ajamie, Fay & Webb by Richard E. Fay, Phoenix, for plaintiff-appellee.

Robert K. Corbin, Atty. Gen. by Thomas Prose, Asst. Atty. Gen., Phoenix, for defendants-appellants.


OPINION

HAIRE, Presiding Judge.

The ultimate issue presented on this appeal is whether Rural/Metro Corporation, a private corporation furnishing fire protection services, is subject to regulation by the Arizona Corporation Commission.

This litigation originated with the filing of a special action complaint in the Maricopa County Superior Court in which Rural/Metro sought an order prohibiting the appellant-Commission from regulating Rural/Metro in the...

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