Alabama Legal Overview: Flagstaff The Flagstaff metropolitan area in Arizona covers a large part of Coconino County. It includes the Grand Canyon National Park and is the second largest county in the nation, bigger than the nine smallest U.S. states. The Coconino County Superior Court is the main trial court with general jurisdiction. The county has justice and municipal courts with limited jurisdiction, in addition to a juvenile court and a drug court. Listed below are the main cities and towns that come under the Flagstaff metro area.
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1. The city of Flagstaff is the county seat for Coconino County. The county courthouse houses both the Coconino County Superior Court and Flagstaff Justice Court. Flagstaff also has a municipal court for city ordinance violations and a separate juvenile court as a division of the superior court. The Sedona Municipal Court also handles misdemeanors and local ordinance and traffic violations within city limits. Other Sedona cases have to be filed with one of the superior courts in Camp Verde or Flagstaff. 2. Allegiant Air is being sued in a personal injury lawsuit filed by a woman who broke her tailbone while sliding down the emergency chute. The flight from Billings, MT to Mesa, AZ plane ran into problems and had to make an emergency landing in Flagstaff. 3. A wrongful death lawsuit has been filed against the Page Police Dept. for the shooting of businessman William Foust right in front of his own apartment by Page police officer Shawn Wilson on Father's Day. The suit filed by his family asks for $6.7 million in damages.
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Trending Flagstaff Legal Topics: The cities of Page, Williams and Fredonia have their own justice courts. Appeals from these justice or municipal courts can be heard by the Coconino County Superior Court in Flagstaff. The next appellate level will be the Arizona Court of Appeals and then the Arizona Supreme Court as the court of last resort. The Flagstaff division of the U.S. District Court of Arizona hears federal cases for the entire county, although there is another federal court in Page for CVB matters. |