State v. Richey

How courts have described this case

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

• recognizing that A.R.S. section 12-341.01(0) “specifically requires a higher burden — ‘clear and convincing evidence’ — before a trial court can determine that a claim ... constitutes harassment, is groundless and not made in good faith”
• holding the trial court’s “simple finding” of “frivolous” to be insufficient to justify an award
• holding trial court’s finding that claim was frivolous insufficient to meet statutory requirement that claim “constitutes harassment, is groundless and not made in good faith”
• requiring findings of fact and conclusions of law under both A.R.S. sections 12-341.01(C) and -349
• stating superior court’s only finding that defense presented frivolous allegations did not constitute sufficient findings to support sanctions
• reversing an attorneys’ fees award based on the superior court’s failure to enter specific findings

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

21 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Trantor v. Fredrikson
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1994-07-28· cited 152×
• Phoenix Newspapers, Inc. v. Department of Corrections
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1997-03-18· cited 99×
• In Re Larry's Apartment
  Ninth Circuit· 2001-04-26· cited 89×
• Reid v. Reid
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 2009-07-28· cited 60×
• Bennett v. Baxter Group, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 2010-02-10· cited 56×
• James, Cooke & Hobson, Inc. v. Lake Havasu Plumbing & Fire Protection
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1993-04-29· cited 38×
• Wells Fargo Credit Corp. v. Smith
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1990-03-20· cited 34×
• Resolution Trust Corp. v. Western Technologies, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1994-06-16· cited 27×
• Fisher Ex Rel. Fisher v. National General Insurance
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1998-09-17· cited 22×
• Johnson v. Mohave County
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 2003-10-14· cited 21×
• State v. Shipman
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 2004-08-03· cited 19×
• State v. Miller
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1992-03-13· cited 12×
• State v. Dutch Harbor Seafoods, Ltd.
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1998-10-16· cited 9×
• Amancio v. Forster
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1999-04-01· cited 8×
• Galam v. Carmel
  Ninth Circuit· 2001-04-26· cited 6×
• Kaufmann v. Cruikshank
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 2009-09-17· cited 5×
• Matter of Estate of Groves
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1990-02-08· cited 1×
• Trantor v. Fredrikson
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1993-02-18· cited 1×
• Bennett James L. Bennett Money Purchase Pension Plan Meyerstein v. Baxter Group
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 2010-02-10
• State of Arizona v. Shipman Sweeney
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 2004-08-03

Cites

6 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Associated Indemnity Corp. v. Warner
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1985-01-29· cited 325×
• Gilbert v. Board of Medical Examiners
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1987-09-08· cited 98×
• Auman v. Auman
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1982-10-22· cited 31×
• Berry v. Arizona State Land Department
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1982-09-09· cited 16×
• McKesson Chemical Co. v. Van Waters & Rogers
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1987-05-05· cited 10×
• State v. Richey
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1988-09-23· cited 6×