PUENTE v. ARIZONA STATE LEGISLATURE

No. CV-22-0069-PR.

521 P.3d 1007 (2022)

PUENTE, an Arizona nonprofit corporation; Mijente Support Committee, an Arizona nonprofit corporation; Jamil Naser, an individual; Jamaar Williams, an individual, and Jacinta Gonzalez, an individual, Plaintiffs/Appellants, v. ARIZONA STATE LEGISLATURE, Defendant/Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arizona.

Filed December 30, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Angelo Guisado (argued), The Center for Constitutional Rights, New York, NY; Stephen D. Benedetto and Heather Hamel , The People's Law Firm PLC, Phoenix, Attorneys for Puente, et al.

Kory Langhofer (argued), Thomas Basile , Statecraft, Phoenix, Attorneys for Arizona State Legislature.

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


¶1 Arizona's Open Meeting Law ("OML") requires legislative committees to conduct meetings publicly so "all persons so desiring shall be permitted to attend and listen to the deliberations and proceedings" and "legal action of public bodies [occurs only] during a public meeting." A.R.S. §...

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