Tempe ‘squatter’ loses in court again as judges affirm lower-court ruling that case lacks merit

Tim Hacker / East Valley Tribune 2010

Tempe man continues his fight to stay on land he says his family has owned and lived on since the state’s early days

A Tempe man whose family has squatted in a century-old house on valuable property near downtown has again lost a court decision in his ongoing battle to keep his land.

A three-judge panel from the Arizona Court of Appeals said last week that a Superior Court judge was correct in tossing out Steve Sussex’s case against the city of Tempe because it had no legal merit.

But the man’s 12-year turf war remains far from resolved.

Sussex’s attorney Jack Wilenchik said Monday he would appeal the court decision to the state Supreme Court. And a separate court case between the squatter and Tempe is still pending at the Superior Court level.

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