Arizona Laws 12-911. Powers of superior court
A. The superior court may:
Terms Used In Arizona Laws 12-911
- Action: includes any matter or proceeding in a court, civil or criminal. See Arizona Laws 1-215
- agency: means every agency, board, commission, department or officer authorized by law to exercise rule-making powers or to adjudicate contested cases, whether created by constitutional provision or legislative enactment. See Arizona Laws 12-901
- Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
- Bankruptcy: Refers to statutes and judicial proceedings involving persons or businesses that cannot pay their debts and seek the assistance of the court in getting a fresh start. Under the protection of the bankruptcy court, debtors may discharge their debts, perhaps by paying a portion of each debt. Bankruptcy judges preside over these proceedings.
- decision: means any decision, order or determination of an administrative agency that is rendered in a case, that affects the legal rights, duties or privileges of persons and that terminates the proceeding before the administrative agency. See Arizona Laws 12-901
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
- Remand: When an appellate court sends a case back to a lower court for further proceedings.
- Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
1. With or without bond, unless required by the statute under authority of which the administrative decision was entered, and before or after the filing of the notice of appearance, stay the decision in whole or in part pending final disposition of the case, after notice to the agency and for good cause shown, except that the court shall not stay an administrative decision wherein unemployment compensation benefits have been allowed to a claimant pursuant to Title 23, Chapter 4.
2. Make any order that it deems proper for the amendment, completion or filing of the record of the proceedings of the administrative agency.
3. Allow substitution of parties by reason of marriage, death, bankruptcy, assignment or other cause.
4. Dismiss parties or realign parties appellant and appellee.
5. Modify, affirm or reverse the decision in whole or in part.
6. Specify questions or matters requiring further hearing or proceedings and give other proper instructions.
7. When a hearing has been held by the agency, remand for the purpose of taking additional evidence when from the state of the record of the administrative agency or otherwise it appears that such action is just.
8. In the case of affirmance or partial affirmance of an administrative decision requiring payment of money, enter judgment for the amount justified by the record and for costs, on which execution may issue.
B. Technical errors in the proceedings before the administrative agency or its failure to observe technical rules of evidence shall not constitute grounds for reversal of the decision, unless it appears to the superior court that the error or failure affected the rights of a party and resulted in injustice to him.
C. On motion of a party before rendition of judgment, the superior court shall make findings of fact and state conclusions of law on which its judgment is based.