CITY OF TUCSON v. STATE

No. 2 CA-CV 2010-0083.

250 P.3d 251 (2011)

CITY OF TUCSON, a municipal corporation, Plaintiff/Appellant, v. STATE of Arizona, Defendant/Appellee, and Southern Arizona Leadership Council and Senator Jonathan Paton, Defendant-Intervenors/Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Arizona, Division 2, Department A.

April 20, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael G. Rankin , Tucson City Attorney By Dennis McLaughlin , Tucson, Attorneys for Plaintiff/Appellant.

Thomas C. Home , Arizona Attorney General By Mary R. O'Grady , Solicitor General, and Barbara A. Bailey , Phoenix, Attorneys for Defendant/Appellee.

Lewis and Roca LLP By S.L. Schorr , Kimberly A. Demarchi , and John Hinderaker , Tucson, Attorneys for Defendant-Intervenors/Appellees.


OPINION

HOWARD, Chief Judge.

¶ 1 The City of Tucson appeals from the trial court's grant of summary judgment in favor of appellees State of Arizona, Southern Arizona Leadership Council, and former state senator Jonathan Paton (collectively "state"). The city argues the court erred because the Tucson city charter regarding local elections supersedes the legislature's 2009 amendments to A.R.S. § 9-821.01. Because the method and manner of conducting...

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