Perkins v. Hughes

How courts have described this case

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

• court may not attribute different meaning to unambiguous, clear, and definite statutory language merely because result reached is unusual or peculiar
• “It is the universally accepted rule that if a term of office to be filled by appointment is fixed by law, that any attempt by the appointing power to change the term so fixed is void.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

9 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Adams v. Bolin
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1952-07-16· cited 97×
• Police Pension Board of City of Phoenix v. Warren
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1965-02-03· cited 35×
• Ernst v. Collins
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1956-11-05· cited 32×
• Denish v. Johnson
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 1996-01-29· cited 30×
• McBride v. Osborn
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1942-06-25· cited 12×
• Graham v. Lockhart
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1939-06-12· cited 12×
• Ragner v. General Motors Acceptance Corp.
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1947-10-14· cited 5×
• Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement & Power District v. Apache County
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1992-03-26· cited 4×
• Hoy v. State
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1984-09-06· cited 1×

Cites

11 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Automatic Registering MacHine Co. v. Pima County
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1930-03-24· cited 52×
• Coggins v. Ely
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1921-12-10· cited 47×
• State Tax Commission v. Shattuck
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1934-11-27· cited 39×
• Bank of Lowell v. Cox
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1929-07-10· cited 30×
• Palmcroft Development Co. v. City of Phoenix
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1935-09-30· cited 28×
• People ex rel. Ryder v. Mizner
  California Supreme Court· 1857-07-01· cited 26×
• McCall v. Cull
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1938-01-31· cited 21×
• Industrial Com. of Arizona v. Price
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1930-11-21· cited 20×
• State v. Jay J. Garfield Building Co.
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1931-10-15· cited 14×
• Buggeln v. Cameron
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1907-03-25· cited 7×
• Globe School District No. 1 v. Board of Health
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1919-03-14· cited 5×