City of Tempe v. Outdoor Systems, Inc.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• explaining that our goal in construing the interplay between state statutes and ordinances is to avoid finding a conflict
• “We view the facts de novo and in the light most favorable to the non-moving party.”
• “[T]he constitutionality of a statute or ordinance becomes an issue only if it is necessary to resolve the issue to decide the case.”
• “We may affirm summary judgment even if the trial court reached the right result for the wrong reason.”
• appellate court does not reach constitutional issue when matter can be decided on nonconstitutional grounds
• judicial policy is to avoid addressing constitutional issues unless absolutely necessary to resolve case

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).