SALT RIVER PIMA-MARICOPA INDIAN v. HULL

No. CV-97-0090-SA.

945 P.2d 818 (1997)

190 Ariz. 97

SALT RIVER PIMA-MARICOPA INDIAN COMMUNITY, an Indian tribe organized under the Indian Reorganization Act of 1934, Petitioner, v. Jane Dee HULL, Governor of Arizona, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Arizona, En Banc.

October 7, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Shea & Wilks by Philip J. Shea, Richard B. Wilks, William W. Quinn and Osborn Maledon, P.A. by Andrew D. Hurwitz, Thomas L. Hudson, Phoenix, for Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community.

Walker Ellsworth, P.L.C. by Ian A. Macpherson and Office of the Governor by Lisa T. Hauser, Phoenix, for Governor Jane Dee Hull.

Grant Woods, Arizona Attorney General by Rebecca White Berch, Thomas J. Dennis, Phoenix, for the State of Arizona.


OPINION

FELDMAN, Justice.

In a special action, the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community (the Tribe) requested relief—what was formerly called a writ of mandamus—requiring Governor J. Fife Symington to sign a "standard gaming compact" upon the request of the Tribe as required by Proposition 201, adopted by initiative in the 1996 election and codified as A.R.S. § 5-601.01. Governor Symington had refused to sign such a compact. We have...

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