Arizona Supreme Court November 9, 1995, No. CV-95-0070-SA (Maricopa County v. Tinney)

OPINION

ZLAKET, Justice.

The Maricopa County Board of Supervisors, battling a 67 million dollar deficit, imposed a county-wide “hiring freeze” on December 14, 1994. Exemptions from this freeze required a showing of individual necessity for each, position to be filled with a new employee.

Two weeks following enactment of this policy, the Presiding Judge of the Maricopa County Superior Court, C.