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COLLINS v. CORBIN

No. CV-88-0135-SA.

160 Ariz. 165 (1989)

771 P.2d 1380

Thomas E. COLLINS, Maricopa County Attorney; Maricopa County, Petitioners, v. Robert K. CORBIN, Attorney General; State of Arizona, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Arizona, En Banc.

Reconsideration Denied May 2, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas E. Collins, Maricopa County Atty. by Maria R. Brandon, Deputy County Atty., Phoenix, for petitioners.

Robert K. Corbin, Atty. Gen. by Jonathan H. Schwartz, Cari Ann Davis, Asst. Attys. Gen., Phoenix, for respondents.

OPINION

CORCORAN, Justice.

The issue raised in this original special action petition is whether justices of the peace are local or state officers for the purposes of securing legal advice and liability coverage. We have jurisdiction pursuant to Ariz. Const. art. 6, § 5.

Facts

Petitioners, Maricopa County and the Maricopa County Attorney, brought this special action contending that justices of the peace are state officers, and that...

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