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ARIZONANS FOR OFFICIAL ENGLISH v. ARIZONA

No. 95-974.

520 U.S. 43 (1997)

ARIZONANS FOR OFFICIAL ENGLISH et al. v. ARIZONA et al.

United States Supreme Court.

Decided March 3, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barnaby W. Zall argued the cause and filed briefs for petitioners.

Robert J. Pohlman argued the cause for respondents. With him on the brief for respondent Yniguez was Brian A. Luscher. Stephen G. Montoya, Albert M. Flores, and George Robles Vice III filed a brief for respondents Arizonans Against Constitutional Tampering et al. Grant Woods, Attorney General, Rebecca White Berch, First Assistant Attorney General, C. Tim Delaney, Solicitor General, Paula S. Bickett, Assistant Attorney General, and Carter G. Phillips filed briefs for respondents State of Arizona et al.*

Ginsburg, J., delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court.

Justice Ginsburg, delivered the opinion of the Court.

Federal courts lack competence to rule definitively on the meaning of state legislation, see, e. g., Reetz v. Bozanich, 397 U.S. 82, 86-87 (1970), nor may they adjudicate challenges to state measures absent a showing of actual impact on the challenger, see, e. g., Golden v. Zwickler, 394 U.S. 103...

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