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MECHAM PONTIAC CORPORATION v. WILLIAMS

No. 7663.

94 Ariz. 144 (1963)

382 P.2d 558

MECHAM PONTIAC CORPORATION, an Arizona corporation, and Airport Limousine Company, a Nevada corporation, dba Avis Rent-A-Car System, Petitioners, v. E.T. "Eddie" WILLIAMS, Jr., George F. Senner, Jr., and A.T. "Jack" Buzzard, as members of and constituting the Arizona Corporation Commission, Respondents, Frederick E. Kallof and National Car Rental, an Arizona corporation, Intervenors.

Supreme Court of Arizona. En Banc.

Rehearing Denied June 25, 1963.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edwin Thurston, Phoenix, for petitioner Mecham Pontiac Corp.

Dow Ben Roush, Phoenix, for petitioner Airport Limousine Co.

Robert Pickrell, Atty. Gen., for respondents.

Chandler, Tullar, Udall & Richmond, Tucson, for intervenors Frederick E. Kallof and National Car Rental.

Wilson & Wilson, Kramer, Roche, Burch & Streich, Charles C. Stidham, Roy R. Carson, Snell & Wilmer, Dix W. Price, and Minne & Sorenson, Phoenix, amicus curiae.

R.C. STANFORD, Jr., Superior Court Judge.

This is a petition for a writ of prohibition directed to the Corporation Commission. Petitioners ask this Court to prohibit the Arizona Corporation Commission from assuming power over the business of renting and leasing motor vehicles. This Court has original jurisdiction to issue extraordinary writs, which includes prohibition, to state officers. Ariz.Const. Art. 6, Sec. 5, A.R.S.

Petitioners and intervenors rent...

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