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DOBSON v. STATE

No. CV-13-0225-SA.

309 P.3d 1289 (2013)

Carey D. DOBSON, William Ekstrom, Ted A. Schmidt and John Thomas Taylor III, Petitioners, v. STATE of Arizona, ex rel., COMMISSION ON APPELLATE COURT APPOINTMENTS, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Arizona.

September 13, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul F. Eckstein , Joel W. Nomkin , D. Andrew Gaona , Perkins Coie, LLP, Phoenix; Stanley G. Feldman , Haralson, Miller, Pitt, Feldman & McAnally, PLC, Tucson; Frank X. Gordon, Jr. , Roush McCracken Guerrero & Miller, Phoenix; Mark I. Harrison , Osborn Maledon, PA, Phoenix; Charles E. Jones , Phoenix; Ruth McGregor , Phoenix; James Moeller , Phoenix; and Thomas A. Zlaket , Thomas A. Zlaket, PLLC, Tucson, for Dobson, et al.

Thomas C. Horne , Arizona Attorney General, G. Michael Tryon , Assistant Attorney General, Evan Hiller , Assistant Attorney General, Phoenix, for State of Arizona.

Timothy M. Hogan , Joy Herr-Cardillo , Phoenix, for Amicus Curiae Arizona Center for Law in the Public Interest.

Lawrence A. Kasten , Lewis and Roca LLP, Phoenix; and Matthew Menendez , New York, for Amici Curiae Brennan Center for Justice at N.Y.U. Law School and Justice at Stake.

Vice Chief Justice BALES, opinion of the Court.

¶ 1 Arizona's Constitution establishes the Commission on Appellate Court Appointments and requires the Commission to submit "not less than three" nominees to the governor for her appointment to fill an appellate judicial vacancy. Ariz. Const. art. 6, §§ 36-37. Recently enacted House Bill (H.B.) 2600 directs the Commission to submit "the names of at least five persons" to the governor, unless an applicant...

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