STATE v. ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS

No. CV-19-0247-PR.

476 P.3d 307 (2020)

STATE of Arizona, EX REL. Mark BRNOVICH, Attorney General, Plaintiff/Appellant, v. ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS, Defendant/Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arizona.

Filed November 25, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark Brnovich , Arizona Attorney General, Brunn "Beau" W. Roysden III (argued), Solicitor General, Joseph A. Kanefield , Chief Deputy and Chief of Staff, Evan G. Daniels , Drew C. Ensign , Robert J. Makar , Katherine H. Jessen and Dustin D. Romney , Assistant Attorneys General, Phoenix, Attorneys for State of Arizona.

Paul F. Eckstein , Joel W. Nomkin (argued), Shane R. Swindle , Thomas D. Ryerson , and Austin C. Yost , Perkins Coie LLP, Phoenix, Attorneys for Arizona Board of Regents.

William G. Klain (argued), Michelle H. Swann , Brian J. Pouderoyen and Jason A. Clark , Lang & Klain, P.C., Attorneys for Amici Curiae John A. "Jack" LaSota, Robert Corbin, Terry Goddard and Thomas Horne.

Whitney DuPree , King & Spalding LLP, Atlanta GA; Paul Alessio Mezzina , King & Spalding LLP, Washington, DC; Matthew Warren , King & Spalding LLP, Chicago, IL, Attorneys for Amici Curiae Law Professors.

Noel Fidel , Law Office of Noel Fidel, Phoenix, Attorneys for Amici Curiae Secretary of State and Superintendent of Public Instruction.

Aaron M. Duell , Burch & Cracchiolo, P.A., Phoenix, Attorney for Amicus Curiae The James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal.

Dominic E. Draye (argued), Greenberg Taurig, LLP, Phoenix, Attorneys for Amici Curiae Governors of the State of Arizona.

Brett W. Johnson , Colin P. Ahler , and Tracy A. Olson , Snell & Wilmer, L.L.P., Phoenix, Attorneys for Amici Arizona State Treasurer Kimberly Yee, Arizona Commerce Authority, Arizona Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Greater Phoenix Chamber of Commerce, Greater Phoenix Economic Council, Greater Phoenix Leadership, League of Arizona Cities and Towns, Arizona Chapter of NAIOP: The Commercial Real Estate Development Association, Southern Arizona Leadership Council, and Valley Partnership.

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


¶1 The Attorney General filed a lawsuit against the Arizona Board of Regents ("ABOR" or the "Board") alleging that (1) its tuition-setting policies violate article 11, section 6 of the Arizona Constitution and (2) subsidizing in-state tuition for students who are not "lawfully present" constitutes an unlawful...

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