MECHAM RECALL COMMITTEE, INC. v. CORBIN

No. CV 87-0306-SA.

155 Ariz. 203 (1987)

745 P.2d 950

The MECHAM RECALL COMMITTEE, INC., an Arizona nonprofit corporation, Petitioner, v. Robert K. CORBIN, Attorney General; and Rose Mofford, Secretary of State, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Arizona, In Banc.

Rehearing Denied November 17, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lee, Theisen & Stegall by Martin H. Katz, Phoenix, for petitioner.

Robert K. Corbin, Atty. Gen. by Lisa T. Hauser and Jessica Gifford Funkhouser, Asst. Attys. Gen., Phoenix, for respondents.

Brown and Bain, P.A. by Paul F. Eckstein, Stephen E. Lee, Carrie L. Billy, and Charles C. Van Cott, Phoenix, for amicus curiae Arizona Civil Liberties Union.


CAMERON, Justice.

I.

This is an original petition for special action filed by the Mecham Recall Committee, Inc. We have jurisdiction pursuant to Ariz. Const. Art. 6, § 5(1).

II.

We must determine whether A.R.S. § 16-901 to -924, and particularly § 16-905, apply to a committee formed for the purpose of obtaining signatures on a petition to recall a state-wide elected official.

III.

The Mecham Recall Committee,...

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