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A.R.S. § 12-124

Appellate jurisdiction; issuance of writs

Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case Green v. Thompson (1972)

Most recently applied in Louis Gorenc v. Robert R. Bean, Honorable, Presiding Judge of the Superior Court of Pinal County, Az (June 1993)

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A. The superior court shall have appellate jurisdiction in all actions appealed from justices of the peace, inferior courts, boards and officers from which appeals may, by law, be taken.

B. The superior court may issue writs of certiorari to inferior courts, boards or officers to compel a return of their proceedings, examine or try such proceedings and give any judgment or make any order necessary in furtherance of justice.

C. The superior court may issue writs of prohibition or other remedial writs necessary to carry out its powers.

Official source: Arizona State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Arizona statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.