Arizona Laws 12-1872. Court orders
In the conduct of class actions, the court may make orders that:
Terms Used In Arizona Laws 12-1872
- Action: includes any matter or proceeding in a court, civil or criminal. See Arizona Laws 1-215
- 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.
- Pleadings: Written statements of the parties in a civil case of their positions. In the federal courts, the principal pleadings are the complaint and the answer.
1. Determine the course of the proceedings or that prescribe measures to prevent undue repetition or complication in the presentation of evidence or argument.
2. For the protection of the class members or for the fair conduct of the action, require that notice be given in any manner the court directs to some or all of the members of any step in the action, of the proposed entry of judgment or of the opportunity of members to signify whether they consider the representation to be fair and adequate, to intervene and present claims and defenses or otherwise to come into the action.
3. Impose conditions on the representative parties or on intervenors.
4. Require that the pleadings be amended to eliminate allegations as to representation of absent persons and that the action proceed accordingly.
5. Deal with similar procedural matters.
6. Combine with any other appropriate pretrial order.