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CITY OF SCOTTSDALE v. MIKITISH

No. 1 CA-SA 22-0031.

512 P.3d 92 (2022)

CITY OF SCOTTSDALE, Petitioner, v. The Honorable Joseph P. MIKITISH, Judge of the Superior Court of the State of Arizona, IN AND FOR the COUNTY OF MARICOPA, Respondent Judge, Jeffrey Mason, Real Party in Interest.

Court of Appeals of Arizona, Division 1.

As Amended May 31 2022.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wieneke Law Group, PLC, Tempe, By Kathleen L. Wieneke , Laura Van Buren , Counsel for Petitioner.

Tiffany & Bosco, PA, Phoenix, By William M. Fischbach, III , Amy D. Sells , Ryan Hogan , Counsel for Real Party in Interest.

Judge James B. Morse Jr. delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Presiding Judge Jennifer B. Campbell and Judge Randall M. Howe joined.

OPINION

¶1 In this special action, the City of Scottsdale ("the City") petitions to reverse the superior court's denial of summary judgment on Jeffery Mason's ("Mason") defamation claim. For the reasons set forth below, we conclude that absolute immunity protects statements in a police report made by a police officer...

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