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WELCH v. COCHISE COUNTY BD. OF SUPERVISORS

No. CV-20-0322-PR.

494 P.3d 580 (2021)

David WELCH, Individually and on Behalf of All Citizens of Cochise County, Precinct Five, Petitioner/Appellant, v. COCHISE COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, Patrick G. Call, Ann English, and Peggy Judd, Respondents/Appellees.

Supreme Court of Arizona.

Filed September 2, 2021.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David L. Abney (argued), Ahwatukee Legal Office, P.C., Phoenix; and D. Christopher Russell , The Russell's Law Firm, PLC, Sierra Vista, Attorneys for David Welch.

James M. Jellison (argued), Jellison Law Offices, P.L.L.C., Carefree, Attorneys for Cochise County Board of Supervisors, Patrick G. Call, Ann English, and Peggy Judd.

Mark Brnovich , Arizona Attorney General, Joseph A. Kanefield , Chief Deputy and Chief of Staff, Brunn "Beau" W. Roysden, III , Solicitor General, Michael S. Catlett , (argued), Deputy Solicitor General, Katherine H. Jessen , Assistant Attorney General, Phoenix, Attorneys for Amicus Curiae Arizona Attorney General.

Nicholas D. Acedo , Struck Love Bojanowski & Acedo PLC, Chandler, Attorneys for Amici Curiae Arizona Counties Insurance Pool, The County Supervisors Association of Arizona, and The Arizona School Risk Retention Trust, Inc.

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

¶1 Arizona's open-meeting and conflict-of-interest (collectively, "public accountability") laws grant "[a]ny person affected by" either "an alleged violation" or "a decision of a public agency" standing to enforce their respective requirements. A.R.S. §§ 38-431.07(A), -506(B). We hold...

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