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MOHAVE COUNTY v. CITY OF KINGMAN

No. CV-88-0203-PR.

160 Ariz. 502 (1989)

774 P.2d 806

MOHAVE COUNTY, Arizona, a political subdivision, Plaintiff-Appellee Cross-Appellant, v. CITY OF KINGMAN, a body politic; City of Bullhead, body politic; City of Lake Havasu, a municipal corporation, Defendants-Appellants Cross-Appellees.

Supreme Court of Arizona.

May 9, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Ekstrom, Jr., Mohave Co. Atty. by William F. McDonald, Deputy Co. Atty., Kingman, for plaintiff-appellee cross-appellant.

James E. Chavez, Kingman City Atty., Kingman, for defendant-appellant cross-appellee City of Kingman.

Paul Lenkowsky, Bullhead City, for defendant-appellant cross-appellee City of Bullhead.

Vincent A. Iannone, Jr., Lake Havasu City Atty., Lake Havasu City, for defendant-appellant cross-appellee City of Lake Havasu.

Johnson & Shelley by J. LeMar Shelley, Mesa, for amicus curiae League of Arizona Cities and Towns.

CAMERON, Justice.

I. JURISDICTION

We granted Mohave County's petition for review of a court of appeals' opinion holding that Mohave County was not liable for the costs of housing prisoners arrested, charged or convicted of violating a city ordinance, but was liable for the cost of housing prisoners charged or convicted of violating a state statute. We have jurisdiction pursuant to Ariz. Const. art. 6, § 5(3), A.R.S. § 12-120.24 and Ariz.R.Civ.App...

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