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MOLERA v. HOBBS

No. CV-20-0213-AP/EL.

474 P.3d 667 (2020)

Jaime A. MOLERA, an individual and qualified elector; Arizonans For Great Schools And A Strong Economy, a political action committee, Plaintiffs/Appellees/Cross-Appellants, v. Katie HOBBS, in her official capacity as Arizona Secretary of State; Invest In Education (Sponsored By AEA And Stand For Children), a political action committee, Defendants/Appellants/Cross-Appellees.

Supreme Court of Arizona.

Filed October 26, 2020.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brett W. Johnson , Eric H. Spencer , Colin P. Ahler , Snell & Wilmer L.L.P., Phoenix; Dominic E. Draye , Greenberg Traurig, LLP, Phoenix, Attorneys for Jaime A. Molera, et al.

Roopali H. Desai , D. Andrew Gaona , Marvin C. Ruth , Kristen Yost , Coppersmith Brockelman PLC, Phoenix, Attorneys for Invest in Education (Sponsored by AEA and Stand for Children).

Grant Woods , Michael Riikola , Gallagher & Kennedy, P.A., Phoenix, Attorneys for Amicus Curiae Wes Oswald and Kelley Fisher, et al.

Rhonda L. Barnes , Jane Ahern , Arizona House of Representatives, Phoenix; Lisette Flores , Arizona Senate, Phoenix, Attorneys for Amici Legislative Democrats.

Oscar S. Lizardi , Rebecca K. O'Brien , Rusing Lopez & Lizardi, P.L.L.C., Tucson; Isaac S. Crum , Rusing Lopez & Lizardi, P.L.L.C., Scottsdale, Attorneys for Amicus Curiae The Arizona Business Community.

Erin Adele Scharff , Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law, Phoenix, Attorney for Amici Curiae Tax Scholars.

Roy Herrera , Daniel A. Arellano , Jillian L. Andrews , Ballard Spahr LLP, Phoenix, Attorneys for Amici Curiae Ballot Initiative Strategy Center, et al.

Shawn K. Aiken , Shawn Aiken, PLLC, Phoenix, Attorney for Amici Curiae Changing Hands Bookstore, Inc., et al.

Paul F. Eckstein , Daniel C. Barr , Austin C. Yost , Margo R. Casselman , Perkins Coie LLP, Phoenix, Attorneys for Amici Curiae Kathy Hoffman, et al.

Daniel J. Adelman , Arizona Center for Law in the Public Interest, Phoenix, Attorneys for Amici Curiae Save Our Schools Arizona, et al.

Timothy Sandefur , Christina Sandefur , Scharf-Norton Center for Constitutional Litigation at the Goldwater Institute, Attorneys for Amici Curiae Goldwater Institute, et al.

Mary R. O'Grady , Joshua D. Bendor , Emma J. Cone-Roddy , Osborn Maledon, P.A., Phoenix, Attorneys for Amici Curiae Arizona Non-Profit Organizations, et al.

Lisa T. Hauser , Bonnett, Fairbourn, Friedman & Balint, PC, Phoenix, Attorneys for Amicus Curiae Lisa T. Hauser.

Kory Langhofer , Statecraft, Phoenix, Attorney for Amicus Curiae Rich Crandall.

Kraig J. Marton , Jeffrey A. Silence , Jaburg & Wilk, P.C., Phoenix; Patricia Ronan , Patricia E. Ronan Law, LLC, Phoenix; Christopher Houk , Houk Law Firm, PLLC, Tempe, Attorneys for Amicus Curiae Arizona Employment Lawyers Association.

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

¶1 In Molera v. Reagan, 245 Ariz. 291, 293 ¶ 1, 428 P.3d 490, 492 (2018), we disqualified an "Invest in Education Act" initiative from the 2018 ballot because proponents failed to comply with A.R.S. § 19-102...

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