Chevron Chemical Co. v. Superior Court

How courts have described this case

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• accepting special action jurisdiction “because it appears from the pleadings that there are numerous litigants who are uncertain as to the law, and that a decision of this court is necessary to settle the matter and prevent further and unnecessary litigation”
• party challenging constitutionality has burden to show beyond a reasonable doubt that legislation is infirm
• party challenging constitutionality has burden to show beyond a reasonable doubt that legislation is infirm
• “Under the doctrine of separation of powers, the judiciary has the exclusive power to declare ‘existing law.’ ”
• courts “will not declare an act of the legislature unconstitutional unless we are satisfied beyond a reasonable doubt that the act is in conflict with the federal or state constitutions”
• court must find, beyond a reasonable doubt, conflict of statute with constitution

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).