S & R PROPERTIES v. MARICOPA COUNTY

No. 1 CA-TX 91-0024.

178 Ariz. 491 (1993)

875 P.2d 150

S & R PROPERTIES, an Arizona general partnership, a property taxpayer in Maricopa County, Petitioner-Appellee, Cross Appellant, and Don and Vicky Lamb, individual residents and property taxpayers in Maricopa County; Millie L. Henderson, an individual resident and property taxpayer in Maricopa County; Ruben E. and Gloria Schneider, individual residents and property taxpayers in Maricopa County; Karl F. and Joan Kohlhoff, individual residents and property taxpayers in Maricopa County; Carlos E. and Shirlene M. Ontiveros, individual residents and property taxpayers in Maricopa County; William Garcia, individual resident and property taxpayer in Maricopa County; Bill Johnson's Restaurants, Inc., an Arizona corporation, a property taxpayer in Maricopa County; Makoto and Yaeko Sagawa, individual residents and property taxpayers in Maricopa County; Jeff Low, individual resident and taxpayer in Maricopa County; Charles T. and Geraldine N. Gavan, individual residents and property taxpayers in Maricopa County; Sanner Contracting Co., an Arizona corporation, a property taxpayer in Maricopa County; Douglas W. Hauser and Ronald L. Sigler, individual residents and property taxpayers in Maricopa County; Joe R. and Angelita S. Gama, individual residents and property taxpayers in Maricopa County; Ohlinger Industries, Inc., an Arizona corporation, a property taxpayer in Maricopa County; Donna and Benjamin Goo, individual residents and property taxpayers in Maricopa County; 3250 Properties, an Arizona general partnership, a property taxpayer in Maricopa County; Boise Cascade Corporation, a Delaware corporation, a property taxpayer in Maricopa County; Glen A. and Vernell Jones, individual residents and property taxpayers in Maricopa County; Claire U. and Pearl Walker, individual residents and property taxpayers in Maricopa County; and S. Herbert Glendenning, individual resident and property taxpayer in Maricopa County, Petitioners-Appellees, v. MARICOPA COUNTY, a political subdivision of the State of Arizona; Paul Waddell, in his capacity as director of the Arizona Department of Revenue, a department of the State of Arizona; Glenn O. Stapley, in his capacity as the Maricopa County Treasurer; Ira Friedman, in his capacity as the Maricopa County Assessor; James Bruner, Carole Carpenter, Thomas Freestone, Edward Pastor and Betsey Bayless, in their capacities as members of the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors, Defendants-Appellants, Cross Appellees.

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

Review Denied June 21, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Helm & Kyle, Ltd. by Roberta S. Livesay, John D. Helm, Ileen K. Keenan, Tempe, for defendants-appellants, cross-appellees Maricopa County, et al.

Mohr, Hackett, Pederson, Blakely, Randolph & Haga, P.C. by Robert E. Jacobson, Azim Q. Hameed, Phoenix, for petitioners-appellees, and petitioner-appellee, cross-appellant.


OPINION

TOCI, Presiding Judge.

The taxpayers brought separate special actions in the tax court, claiming that each taxpayer's property had been misclassified, and that as a result, each had paid excessive real property taxes for the years 1985 through 1989. They also alleged that Maricopa County ("the County") and the Arizona Department of Revenue ("DOR") failed to perform duties required by law in refusing to respond to their refund requests and to negotiate...

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