The attorney for Susan Bitter Smith is asking the state Supreme Court to rule that the conflict-of-interest charges filed against her are "legally meritless'' even though she is quitting the Arizona Corporation Commission on Monday.

Attorney General Mark Brnovich told the Arizona Capitol Times today that his office will likely ask to withdraw its petition with the Arizona Supreme Court next week.

Saying the claims against his client have no basis, the attorney for utility regulator Susan Bitter Smith asked the state's high court late Wednesday to reject the bid by Attorney General Mark Brnovich to oust her from office.

The Arizona Supreme Court has agreed to review two lower courts' rulings that the state's medical marijuana law prohibits prosecuting a physician accused of misrepresenting what medical records he reviewed before certifying a patient for cardholder status.

The Arizona Supreme Court today decided to accept the conflict-of-interest complaint that Attorney General Mark Brnovich filed on Monday against Arizona Corporation Commission Chairwoman Susan Bitter Smith.

Brnovich is asking the Supreme Court to remove Commissioner Bitter Smith from office, arguing she is ineligible to hold it due to her affiliations with entities that are regulated, either directly or indirectly, by the Corp Comm. Brnovich said his office believes the case against Bitter Smith is “straightforward” and the facts aren’t in dispute.

A five-year saga over the identity of the contributors who funded a Democratic campaign group’s ads against Tom Horne in the 2010 attorney general’s race ended on Monday after the group disclosed its contributors to the Secretary of State’s Office.

People with marijuana in their system can escape drugged-driving charges if they can show they weren't "high'' enough to be impaired, the Arizona Supreme Court ruled this morning.

The Arizona Supreme Court is scheduled to rule Friday on whether people with medical marijuana cards can be prosecuted for driving under the influence if they have traces of marijuana in their systems.

Local governments have no inherent right to try to block the transfer of water and water rights out of their area, the Arizona Supreme Court ruled Thursday.