J.W. Hancock Enterprises, Inc. v. Arizona State Registrar of Contractors

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• holding that an ROC finding that the contractor was 3 REVIVE v. SHEA-CONNELLY Decision of the Court required to install insulation precluded the contractor from bringing a declaratory judgment action on that question
• noting that Arizona courts give preclusive effect to decisions made by administrative agencies in adjudicative capacities
• noting that the doctrine of pri mary jurisdiction “is a judicial device by which the power to make initial determinations is allocated between courts and agencies ”
• in determining that the Registrar did not violate the separation of powers provision of the constitution, the court held that the Registrar's role in resolving a contract dispute was ancillary to its regulatory role
• “Generally the adjudication of a dispute between two private parties is considered judicial.”

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