GOODYEAR FARMS v. CITY OF AVONDALE

No. 18275-PR.

148 Ariz. 216 (1986)

714 P.2d 386

GOODYEAR FARMS, an Arizona corporation; Litchfield Park Properties, an Arizona corporation; and Litchfield Park Service Company, an Arizona corporation, Petitioners-Appellants, v. The CITY OF AVONDALE, a municipal corporation, Respondent-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arizona, In Banc.

January 13, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Snell & Wilmer by John Bouma and Eileen Moore, Phoenix, for petitioners-appellants.

Frank Ross, Litchfield Park, for respondent-appellee.

Johnson & Shelley by J. LaMar Shelley, Mesa, for brief of amicus curiae League of Arizona Cities and Towns.

Evans, Kitchel & Jenckes by John T. Moshier and Katherine M. Harmeyer, Martinez & Curtis by Jay M. Martinez and Susan D. Goodwin, Phoenix, for brief of amicus curiae Town of Gilbert, et al.

Robert K. Corbin, Atty. Gen. by Anthony B. Ching, Sol. Gen. and Toni McClory, Asst. Atty. Gen., Phoenix, for brief of amicus curiae State of Ariz.

Lewis and Roca by John P. Frank and Michael O. Miller, Phoenix, for brief of amicus curiae AMCOR Investments Corp.


CAMERON, Justice.

This is a petition for review of an opinion and decision of the court of appeals, which reversed a summary judgment in favor of the City of Avondale and declared the Arizona annexation statute, A.R.S. § 9-471, unconstitutional. Goodyear Farms v. City of Avondale, 148 Ariz. 256, 714 P.2d 426 (1985). We have jurisdiction pursuant to art. 6 § 5(3) of the Arizona Constitution...

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