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SABAN RENT-A-CAR LLC v. AZ DEPT. OF REVENUE

No. CV-18-0080-PR.

434 P.3d 1168 (2019)

811 Ariz. Adv. Rep. 17

SABAN RENT-A-CAR LLC, et al., Plaintiffs/Appellees/Cross-Appellants, v. ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE, Defendant/Appellant/Appellee/Cross-Appellee, Tourism and Sports Authority, Defendant-in-Intervention/Appellant/Cross-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arizona.

Filed February 25, 2019.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Shawn K. Aiken (argued), Shawn Aiken PLLC, Phoenix; Gregory D. Hanley , Kickham Hanley PLLC, Royal Oaks, MI; Taylor C. Young , Robert A. Mandel , Mandel Young PLC, Phoenix, Attorneys for Saban Rent-a-Car LLC.

Mark Brnovich , Arizona Attorney General, Phoenix, Kimberly Cygan , Jerry A. Fries , Assistant Attorneys General, Phoenix; Thomas L. Hudson (argued), Eric M. Fraser , Osborn Maledon, P.A., Phoenix, Attorneys for Arizona Department of Revenue.

Timothy Berg (argued), Janice Procter-Murphy , Emily Ward , Fennemore Craig, P.C., Phoenix; and Scot L. Claus , Vail C. Cloar , Dickinson Wright PLLC, Phoenix, Attorneys for Tourism and Sports Authority.

Lawrence A. Kasten , Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie LLP, Phoenix, Attorneys for Amicus Curiae John Halikowski, Director, Arizona Department of Transportation.

Michael R. King , Cameron C. Artigue , Christopher L. Hering , Gammage & Burnham, PLC, Phoenix, Attorneys for Amici Curiae Convention and Visitors Bureaus.

Barbara LaWall , Pima County Attorney, Regina L. Nassen , Deputy County, Attorney, Tucson, Attorneys for Amici Curiae Pima County and the Pima County Stadium District.

Paul F. Eckstein , Thomas D. Ryerson , Perkins Coie LLP, Phoenix, Attorneys for Amicus Curiae City of Phoenix.

Michael K. Kennedy , Mark C. Dangerfield , Gallagher & Kennedy, P.A., Phoenix, Attorneys for Amici Curiae The Arizona Chamber of Commerce & Industry and The Greater Phoenix Chamber of Commerce.

JUSTICE TIMMER authored the opinion of the Court, in which CHIEF JUSTICE BALES, VICE CHIEF JUSTICE BRUTINEL, and JUSTICES PELANDER, GOULD, and LOPEZ joined. JUSTICE BOLICK authored an opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part.

¶ 1 Maricopa County imposes a surcharge on car rental agencies to fund a stadium and other sports and tourism-related ventures. The issue here is whether this surcharge violates the dormant Commerce Clause implied by Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States Constitution or the anti-diversion...

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