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STATE EX REL. BRNOVICH v. CITY OF PHOENIX

No. CV-20-0019-SA.

468 P.3d 1200 (2020)

STATE of Arizona, EX REL. Mark BRNOVICH, Attorney General, Petitioner, v. CITY OF PHOENIX, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Arizona.

Filed August 3, 2020.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark Brnovich , Arizona Attorney General, O. H. Skinner , Solicitor General, Brunn W. Roysden III , Linley Wilson , Keena Patel , Assistant Attorneys General, Phoenix, Attorneys for State of Arizona.

Jean-Jacques Cabou , Alexis E. Danneman , Matthew R. Koerner , Margo R. Casselman , Perkins Coie LLP, Phoenix, Attorneys for City of Phoenix.

Mary R. O'Grady , Joseph N. Roth , Osborn Maledon, P.A., Phoenix, Attorneys for Amicus Curiae League of Arizona Cities and Towns.

Patrick Irvine , Fennemore Craig, P.C., Phoenix, Attorneys for Amicus Curiae Arizona Association of Realtors.

Grady Gammage Jr. , Cameron C. Artigue , Gammage & Burnham, P.L.C., Phoenix; Daniel Reimer , Daniel S. Reimer LLC, Denver, CO, Attorneys for Amici Curiae Airports Council International-North America, American Association of Airport Executives, Airlines for America.

Erin Adele Scharff , Phoenix, Attorney for Amici Curiae Law Professors.

Timothy Sandefur , Matthew R. Miller , Scharf-Norton Center for Constitutional Litigation at the Goldwater Institute, Phoenix, Attorneys for Amicus Curiae Ride-Sharing Drivers and Passengers.

W. Eric Pilsk , Kaplan Kirsch & Rockwell LLP, Washington, D.C.; Susan M. Freeman , Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie LLP, Phoenix, Attorneys for Amicus Curiae Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport Authority, The Arizona Airports Association.

Ian Heath Gershengorn , Devi M. Rao , Noah B. Bokat-Lindell , Jenner & Block LLP, Washington, D.C.; Mark Ogden , Littler Mendelson , Phoenix; Joshua Wilkenfeld , Uber Technologies, Inc., Washington, D.C., Attorneys for Amicus Curiae Rasier, LLC.

Mark S. Kokanovich , Daniel A. Arellano , Ian O. Bucon , Ballard Spahr LLP, Phoenix, Attorneys for Amici Curiae Cities of Mesa, Scottsdale, Tempe, Flagstaff, and Sedona.

Andrew J. McGuire , Trish Stuhan , Samantha Winter McAlpin , Gust Rosenfeld P.L.C., Phoenix, Attorneys for Amicus Curiae Tucson Airport Authority, Inc.

John "Jack" D. Wilenchik , Joshua C. Offentartz , Wilenchik & Bartness, P.C., Phoenix, Attorneys for Amicus Curiae Phoenix City Councilman Sal Diccicio.

VICE CHIEF JUSTICE TIMMER authored the Opinion of the Court, in which CHIEF JUSTICE BRUTINEL, JUSTICES BOLICK, GOULD, LOPEZ, BEENE, and MONTGOMERY joined.

¶1 Article 9, section 25 of the Arizona Constitution prohibits the state and local governments from imposing or increasing taxes or other "transaction-based" fees on services. We are asked here to decide whether this prohibition extends to "trip fees" imposed by the City of Phoenix ("City") on...

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