STATE EX REL. THOMAS v. GRANT

No. 1 CA-SA 09-0082.

213 P.3d 346 (2009)

STATE of Arizona ex rel. Andrew P. THOMAS, Maricopa County Attorney, Petitioner, v. The Honorable Larry GRANT, Judge of the Superior Court of the State of Arizona, in and for the County of Maricopa, Respondent Judge, Lennar Communities Development, Inc.; Sonoran Utility Services, L.L.C., an Arizona Limited Liability Company; Conley D. Wolfswinkel, in his capacity as part owner and manager of Sonoran Utility Services, Real Parties in Interest.

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

July 21, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrew P. Thomas, Maricopa County Attorney By Elizabeth B. Ortiz, Deputy County Attorney, Phoenix, Attorneys for Petitioner.

Wright & Associates By Lawrence C. Wright, Ryan P. Dyches, Mesa, Attorneys for Real Parties in Interest Sonoran Utility Services, L.L.C., and Conley D. Wolfswinkel.

Beus Gilbert, P.L.L.C. By Leo R. Beus, Scottsdale, Attorneys for Real Party in Interest Lennar Communities Development, Inc.


OPINION

JOHNSEN, Judge.

¶ 1 Protective orders typically bar parties to a lawsuit from disseminating information they receive through discovery. At issue in this special action is a sanction order issued against a non-party to a lawsuit that publicly disclosed information it knew to be covered by such a protective order. Because a protective order generally does not bind a non-party and because the non-party in this case did not agree to be bound by...

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