BRUSH & NIB STUDIO, LC v. CITY OF PHOENIX

No. 1 CA-CV 16-0602.

418 P.3d 426 (2018)

BRUSH & NIB STUDIO, LC, et al., Plaintiffs/Appellants/Cross-Appellees, v. CITY OF PHOENIX, Defendant/Appellee/Cross-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Arizona, Division 1.

Filed June 7, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alliance Defending Freedom, Scottsdale, By Jeremy D. Tedesco , Jonathan A. Scruggs , Samuel D. Green , Co-Counsel for Plaintiffs/Appellants/Cross-Appellees.

Helm, Livesay & Worthington, Tempe, By Roberta S. Livesay , Co-Counsel for Plaintiffs/Appellants/Cross-Appellees.

Osborn Maledon, P.A., Phoenix, By Colin F. Campbell , Eric M. Fraser , Joshua David Rothenberg Bendor , Co-Counsel for Defendant/Appellee/Cross-Appellant.

Phoenix City Attorney's Office, Phoenix, By Brad Holm , Heidi E. Gilbert , Co-Counsel for Defendant/Appellee/Cross-Appellant.

Margrave Celmins, P.C., Scottsdale, By Michael Kitchen , Counsel for Amici Curiae Constitutional Jurisprudence.

Law Offices of Kevin L. Beckwith, P.C., Phoenix, By Kevin Beckwith , Counsel for Amici Curiae Law and Economics Scholars.

Center for Arizona Policy, Phoenix, By William M. Clark , Co-counsel for Amici Curiae Center for Religious Expression and Center for Arizona Policy.

Center for Religious Expression, Memphis, Tennessee, By Nathan W. Kellum , appearing pro hac vice, Co-counsel for Amici Curiae Center for Religious Expression and Center for Arizona Policy.

Joshua Carden Law Firm, P.C., Scottsdale, By Joshua Carden , Co-counsel for Amici Curiae Coalition for Jewish Values, Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission, Jews for Religious Liberty, and The Rabbinical Alliance of America, Inc.

Perkins Coie LLP, Phoenix, By Daniel C. Barr , Barry Grant Stratford , Katherine Elizabeth May , Counsel for Amicus Curiae Arizona Businesses.

Mayes Telles PLLC, Phoenix, By Jessica Hernandez , Co-counsel for Amicus Curiae Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc.

Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc., Los Angeles, California, By Jennifer C. Pizer , Nancy C. Marcus , both appearing pro hac vice, Co-counsel for Amicus Curiae Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc.

American Civil Liberties Union, Phoenix, By Kathleen E. Brody , Co-counsel for Amici Curiae American Civil Liberties Union, American Civil Liberties Union of Arizona, Arizona Trans Youth & Parent Organization, Equality Arizona, GLSEN Phoenix, Human Rights Campaign, One n Ten, Phoenix Pride, Southern Arizona AIDS Foundation, Southern Arizona Gender Alliance, Southern Arizona Senior Pride, Trans Queer Pueblo, Trans Spectrum of Arizona.

American Civil Liberties Union, New York, New York, By Brian Hauss , appearing pro hac vice, Co-counsel for Amicus Curiae American Civil Liberties Union, American Civil Liberties Union of Arizona, Arizona Trans Youth & Parent Organization, Equality Arizona, GLSEN Phoenix, Human Rights Campaign, One n Ten, Phoenix Pride, Southern Arizona AIDS Foundation, Southern Arizona Gender Alliance, Southern Arizona Senior Pride, Trans Queer Pueblo, Trans Spectrum of Arizona.

Presiding Judge Lawrence F. Winthrop delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Judge Jennifer B. Campbell and Judge Paul J. McMurdie joined.


OPINION

¶ 1 Joanna Duka and Breanna Koski ("Appellants") are the owners of Brush & Nib Studio, LC ("Brush & Nib"). Appellants filed a pre-enforcement action against the City of Phoenix ("Phoenix") challenging the constitutionality of Phoenix City Code 18-4(B) ("Section 18-4(B)") and seeking a preliminary...

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