All 5 Supreme Court justices recuse themselves, appoint others to hear pension case

Arizona Supreme Court justices (from left) Robert Brutinel, John Pelander, Scott Bales, Rebecca Berch and Ann Timmer.
Arizona Supreme Court justices (from left) Robert Brutinel, John Pelander, Scott Bales, Rebecca Berch and Ann Timmer.

By Gary Grado | Arizona Capitol Times

The Arizona Supreme Court has taken the unprecedented step of disqualifying itself from ruling on a case and appointing five lower-court judges to take it over.

The case challenges the legality of a 2011 overhaul of a retirement plan that reduced annual cost-of-living raises for judges and increased their contributions to the plan.

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