§ 3.3.1.9 Appeals Relating To Administrative and Arbitration Proceedings.

• Jurisdiction: Arizona

§ 3.3.1.9 Appeals Relating To Administrative and Arbitration Proceedings. When a statute provides both for an appeal from a state administrative agency to the superior court and a definite procedure for such review, but does not specifically authorize further appeal beyond the superior court, no further review by appeal is available. See Sarwark v. Thorneycroft, 123 Ariz. 23, 597 P.2d 9 (1979), approving 123 Ariz. 1, 596 P.2d 1173 (App. 1979). For a more extensive discussion, see The Administrative Review and Procedure Acts § 32.3.1.2.3.

Sarwark does not apply to actions commenced in superior court but submitted to arbitration under A.R.S. § 12-133. Pursuant to that statute, the superior court shall establish jurisdictional limits of not to exceed $50,000 for submission of disputes to arbitration and require arbitration in all cases filed in superior court in which the amount in controversy does not exceed the jurisdictional limit. Such actions are fully appealable to the appellate courts after completion of an appeal of the arbitrator’s decision to the superior court. See Burnett v. Walter, 135 Ariz. 307, 308, 660 P.2d 1234, 1235 (App. 1982).

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