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In re Estate of Riley: Beneficiary Consent in Court-Approved Settlements

Ariz. L. Rev. Syl. (2013)

Raphael J. Avraham, Hadar L. Avraham View PDF

The Arizona Supreme Court recently decided in In re Estate of Riley that all beneficiaries of an estate must execute a settlement agreement if the agreement affects the beneficiaries’ interests…

Sell v. Gama

Ariz. L. Rev. Syl. (2013)

Alex Winkelman View PDF

The Arizona Supreme Court recently held that the Arizona Securities Act (“ASA”) does not allow a claim for aiding and abetting securities fraud and the Court expressly overruled a previous…

Pedersen v. Bennett, 230 Ariz. 556, 288 P.3d 760 (2012)

Ariz. L. Rev. Syl. (2013)

Daniel Arellano View PDF

Declining to depart from substantial compliance test for review of initiatives, Arizona Supreme Court explains its decision to allow challenged proposition on the 2012 ballot. The Supreme Court recently held…

Rae Ann Rumery, John Skarhus, and Cartwright Elementary School District v. Maria Baier, No. CV-11-0358-PR, 2013 WL 85338 (Ariz. 2013)

Ariz. L. Rev. Syl. (2013)

Alexander McCourt View PDF

On January 9, 2013, the Arizona Supreme Court held that a state statute diverting money from state trust lands to a trust management fund instead of the designated permanent fund…

Open Primary Proposition Upheld by Arizona Supreme Court

Ariz. L. Rev. Syl. (2013)

Ian A. Abaie View PDF

Proposition 121 would have amended the Arizona Constitution to replace publicly funded, partisan primary elections1 with privately funded, open primary elections in which all candidates would appear on the one…

Making Sense of Expert Medical Witness Qualification After Baker

Ariz. L. Rev. Syl. (2013)

Athan P. Papailiou View PDF

The framework for qualifying expert medical testimony in Arizona is codified at Ariz. Rev. Stat. Section 12-2604. Recently interpreted by the Arizona Court of Appeals in Baker v. University Physicians…

State v. Gomez, No. CR–10–0358–AP, 2012 WL 6061679 (Ariz. 2012)

Ariz. L. Rev. Syl. (2013)

Karen M. Jurichko View PDF

After an automatic appeal, the Arizona Supreme Court affirmed Fabio Gomez’s death sentence for his conviction for the December 1999 kidnapping, rape, and murder of Joan Morane. State v. Gomez,…

In re Gen. Adjudication of All Rights to Use Water in the Gila River Sys. & Source, No. WC-11-0001-IR, 2012 WL 3966327

Ariz. L. Rev. Syl. (2012)

Karen M. Jurichko View PDF

On September 12, 2012, the Arizona Supreme Court addressed another aspect of the ongoing Gila River and Little Colorado River General Stream adjudications. The adjudications are based on A.R.S. §§…

Arizona Supreme Court Holds that Tattoos are Constitutionally Protected Speech Entitled to First Amendment Protection.

Ariz. L. Rev. Syl. (2012)

Daniel Arellano View PDF

Coleman v. City of Mesa, 230 Ariz. 352, 284 P.3d 863 (2012) Ryan and Laetitia Coleman applied for a permit to operate a tattoo parlor in Mesa, Arizona. City officials…

Administrative Law Judge Finds TUSD’s Mexican American Studies Program Illegal Under Arizona’s Ethnic Studies Law, Questions Remain About How Broadly the Law Should Be Interpreted

Ariz. L. Rev. Syl. (2012)

Nicholas Lundholm View PDF

In the Fall 2011 Issue of the Arizona Law Review, I wrote1 that A.R.S. section 15-112, Arizona’s highly controversial “ethnic studies law,” would be unlikely to stop schools in the…

No Longer the Highest Degree of Confusion: Arizona Supreme Court Strikes Down the Common Carrier Doctrine

Ariz. L. Rev. Syl. (2012)

Raphael Avraham View PDF

The Arizona Supreme Court’s most recent decision, Nunez v. Professional Transit Management, addressed a long-standing confusion over the common carrier doctrine in Arizona.1 After decades of ambiguous case law, the…

Cosper v. Rea: In an Appeal From Arbitration, Disclosure of Witnesses and Exhibits is Limited to Simultaneous Filing With the Notice of Appeal

Ariz. L. Rev. Syl. (2012)

Taylor House View PDF

In a decision released Monday, the Arizona Supreme Court clarified a procedural question concerning disclosure in appeals from arbitration. Pursuant to Arizona Rule of Civil Procedure 77(g)(1), an appellant must…

New York Times: Study Challenges Supreme Court’s Image as Defender of Free Speech

Ariz. L. Rev. Syl. (2012)

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New York Times: Study Challenges Supreme Court's Image as Defender of Free SpeechThe New York Times cites Erwin Chemerinsky’s Not a Free Speech Court in a recent article, which appeared…

The Volokh Conspiracy: The Rise of White-Collar Defense Practices at Large Law Firms

Ariz. L. Rev. Syl. (2012)

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The Volokh Conspiracy: The Rise of White-Collar Defense Practices at Large Law FirmsOrin Kerr links to Chuck Weisselberg and Su Li’s article in the spring issue, Big Law’s Sixth Amendment.

Arizona Supreme Court Holds Narrowly for Lenders in Vasquez v. Saxon Mortgage, Inc.

Ariz. L. Rev. Syl. (2011)

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On November 18, the Arizona Supreme Court filed its decision in Vasquez v. Saxon Mortgage, Inc., et al.1 The case centered on whether the defendant Deutsche Bank could foreclose on…