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LA PAZ COUNTY v. YUMA COUNTY

No. 16466.

153 Ariz. 162 (1987)

735 P.2d 772

LA PAZ COUNTY, a political subdivision of the State of Arizona, Plaintiff, v. YUMA COUNTY, a political subdivision of the State of Arizona, Defendant.

Supreme Court of Arizona.

March 27, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Don Bennett Moon, La Paz Co. Atty. and Steven P. Suskin, Chief Deputy La Paz Co. Atty., Parker, and Sacks, Tierney & Kasen by Michael D. Hawkins, Scot C. Stirling, Phoenix, for plaintiff.

David S. Ellsworth, Yuma Co. Atty., and O'Connor, Cavanagh, Anderson, Westover, Killingsworth & Beshears by Jeffrey B. Smith, Phoenix, for defendant.

HOLOHAN, Justice.

This case involves a dispute over the division of assets between two counties necessitated by the formation of a new county (La Paz) from the existing territory of an existing county (Yuma). We have original and exclusive jurisdiction over disputes between counties. Ariz. Const. art. VI § 5(2).

FACTS

On March 29, 1982, supporters of an effort to create a new county out of the northern portion of Yuma County filed petitions with...

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