MASSEY v. BAYLESS

No. CV 96-0390-AP.

187 Ariz. 72 (1996)

927 P.2d 338

Janice Feinberg MASSEY, an individual and qualified elector, Petitioner/Plaintiff/Appellant. v. The Honorable Betsy BAYLESS, Don Stapley, Tom Rawles, Ed King, Mary Rose Wilcox, the duly elected or appointed members of the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors, who are named solely in their official capacity; the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors; the Honorable Helen Purcell, the duly elected Maricopa County Recorder, who is named solely in her official capacity, and the Honorable Karen Osborne, the duly appointed Maricopa County Director of Elections, who is solely named in her official capacity; Jacqueline B. McVay, an individual and real party in interest, Respondents/Defendants/Appellees.

Supreme Court of Arizona, In Division.

Redesignated as Opinion and Publication Ordered November 22, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Williams & Associates by Scott E. Williams, Scottsdale, for Janice Feinberg Massey.

Richard Romley, Maricopa County Attorney, Division of County Counsel by Shawn H. Nau, Phoenix, for Respondents.

Bryan Cave, L.L.P. by Mark I. Harrison, Neil Vincent Wake, Phoenix, for Real Party in Interest, Jacqueline B. McVay.


OPINION

TOCI, Judge.*

I.

The facts of this case are uncontested. Jacqueline McVay is a candidate for the office of justice of the peace in the Northeast Phoenix Justice Court Precinct in Maricopa County. She does not hold a law degree and is not licensed to practice law in Arizona. Janice Massey, an attorney, is a candidate for the same office. On July 5, 1996, Massey filed an action in superior court to enjoin county...

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