FEDEROFF v. PIONEER TITLE & TRUST CO.

No. CV-90-0232-PR.

166 Ariz. 383 (1990)

803 P.2d 104

Robert F. FEDEROFF and Kathryn Federoff, husband and wife; Chris Davis, a single woman; Karen Knierem; Sandra Sylvester; Lorne Graham Wilson and Barbara B. Wilson, husband and wife; Robert Miller; and Marcia Lincoln, Plaintiffs/Appellants/Cross-Appellees, v. PIONEER TITLE & TRUST COMPANY OF ARIZONA, an Arizona corporation, as Trustee under Trust No. 11612; H & R Associates, a limited partnership; Lowell E. Rothschild and Ann S. Rothschild, husband and wife; George T. Schultz and Linda K. Schultz, husband and wife; Wayne Terpstra and Tamara Terpstra, husband and wife; Larry Duane Casoni and Maryann Casoni, husband and wife; Joseph A. Buono and Angela T. Buono, husband and wife; Sergio Martinez and Irma Y. Martinez, husband and wife; Kerry R. Cox and Patricia Cox, husband and wife; Darryl D. Koeppel and Sandra J. Koeppel, husband and wife; Robert J. Casulli and Sandra J. Casulli, husband and wife; Glenn Griffith and Carol A. Griffith, husband and wife; Stanley Murray and Kathleen Murray, husband and wife; Gregory J. Bennett and Christine A. Bennett, husband and wife; Phillip M. Ramirez and Susan M. Ramirez, husband and wife; Tim Gordon and Jeanette Gordon, husband and wife; Ronald Ying Yee and Karen R. Lee Yee, husband and wife; William C. Stellbrink and Retha Barbara Stellbrink, husband and wife; Ernst Stellbrink and Opal H. Stellbrink, husband and wife; William J. Boxhorn and Linda S. Boxhorn, husband and wife; Marvin Kirk Simmons and Jacquelyn Marie Simmons, husband and wife; William Mooney; John Thomas Glaze and Linda Lee Glaze, husband and wife; Randall B. Terpstra and Pamela K. Terpstra, husband and wife; Florence L. Voight and Deitrich Voight, husband and wife; Jill S. Brooker; Paul J. Greco and Carol L. Greco, husband and wife; Stephen Dunn and Nancy Dunn, husband and wife; First American Savings and Loan; First American Title; First Gibraltar Mortgage; Pima Savings and Loan Association; Western Savings and Loan Association; and Wolfswinkle Group, Inc., an Arizona corporation, Defendants/Appellees/Cross-Appellants.

Supreme Court of Arizona, In Division.

Reconsideration Denied January 23, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stompoly & Stroud, P.C. by William G. Walker, Tucson, for Robert F. Federoff, Kathryn Federoff, Chris Davis, Karen Knierman, Sandra Sylvester, Lorne Graham Wilson, Barbara B. Wilson, Robert Miller and Marcia Lincoln, plaintiffs/appellants/cross-appellees.

Mesch, Clark & Rothschild, P.C. by J. Emery Barker, Tucson, for Pioneer Title & Trust Co., H & R Associates, Lowell E. Rothschild and Ann S. Rothschild, defendants/appellees/cross-appellants.

Jones, Edwards, Smith & Kofron, P.C. by William W. Edwards, Tucson, for George T. Schultz, Linda K. Schultz, Wayne Terpstra, Tamara Terpstra, Larry Duane Casoni, Maryann Casoni, Joseph A. Buono, Angela T. Buono, Sergio Martinez, Irma Y. Martinez, Kerry R. Cox, Patricia Cox, Darryl D. Koeppel, Sandra J. Koeppel, Robert J. Casulli, Sandra J. Casulli, Glenn Griffith, Carol A. Griffith, Stanley Murray, Kathleen Murray, Gregory J. Bennett, Christine A. Bennett, Phillip M. Ramirez, Susan M. Ramirez, Tim Gordon, Jeanette Gordon, William C. Stellbrink, Retha Barbara Stellbrink, Ernst Stellbrink, Opal H. Stellbrink, William J. Boxhorn, Linda S. Boxhorn, Marvin Kirk Simmons, Jacquelyn Marie Simmons, William Mooney, John Thomas Glaze, Linda Lee Glaze, Randall B. Terpstra, Pamela K. Terpstra, Florence L. Voight, Deitrich Voight, Jill S. Brooker, Paul J. Greco, Carol L. Greco, Stephen Dunn, Nancy Dunn, First American Sav. and Loan, First American Title, First Gibraltar Mortg., Pima Savings and Loan Ass'n, and Western Sav. and Loan Ass'n, defendants/appellees/cross-appellants.

Snell & Wilmer by Michael J. Rusing, Tucson, for Ronald Ying Yee and Karen R. Lee Yee, defendants/appellees/cross-appellants.

Stubbs & Schubart, P.C. by G. Lawrence Schubart, Tucson, for Wolfswinkle Group, Inc., defendant/appellee/cross-appellant.

Molloy, Jones & Donahue, P.C. by David A. McEvoy, Tucson, for Stewart Title Guar. Co., amicus curiae.

Fennemore Craig by George T. Cole, Timothy Berg, Janice Procter-Murphy, Phoenix, for Home Builders Ass'n of Central Arizona and Stewart Title & Trust of Phoenix, Inc., amici curiae.

O'Connor, Cavanagh, Anderson, Westover, Killingsworth & Beshears by Stephen E. Renneckar, Tucson, for Southern Arizona Home Builders Ass'n, amicus curiae.


OPINION

GORDON, Chief Justice.

Robert F. Federoff and others (appellants) petitioned for review of the court of appeals' decision finding eight restrictive covenants unenforceable. We granted review on two issues: (1) whether these restrictive covenants established by the original grantors are enforceable as class three covenants under O'Malley v. Central Methodist Church, 67 Ariz. 245, 194 P.2d 444 (1948); and (2) whether enforcement of the covenants...

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