MUSSI v. HOBBS

No. CV-22-0207-AP/EL.

532 P.3d 1131 (2023)

Scot MUSSI, et al., Plaintiffs/Appellants/Cross-Appellees, v. Katie HOBBS, in Her Capacity as the Secretary of State of Arizona, Defendant/Appellee, Arizonans for Free and Fair Elections (ADRC Action), a Political Committee, Real Party in Interest/Appellant.

Supreme Court of Arizona.

Filed July 24, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kory Langhofer , Thomas J. Basile , Statecraft PLLC, Phoenix, Attorneys for Scot Mussi, Aimee Yentes, and Arizona Free Enterprise Club.

Amy B. Chan , Noah Gabrielsen , Arizona Secretary of State's Office, Phoenix, Attorneys for Katie Hobbs.

James E. Barton, II , Jacqueline Mendez Soto , Barton Mendez Soto PLLC, Tempe; and Joshua J. Messer , Travis C. Hunt , Osborn Maledon, P.A., Phoenix, Attorneys for Arizonans for Free and Fair Elections (ADRC Action).

Danielle Marie Lang , Campaign Legal Center, Washington, DC; and Roy Herrera , Daniel A. Arellano , Herrera Arellano LLP, Phoenix, Attorneys for Amicus Curiae Campaign Legal Center.

Dominic E. Draye , Greenberg Traurig LLP, Phoenix, Attorneys for Amici Curiae Governor Doug Ducey, Senate President Karen Fann, and Speaker of the House Russell "Rusty" Bowers.

Michael Bailey , Arizona Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Phoenix, Attorney for Amicus Curiae Arizona Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

JUSTICE MONTGOMERY authored the Opinion of the Court, in which CHIEF JUSTICE BRUTINEL, and JUSTICES LOPEZ, BEENE, and KING joined. VICE CHIEF JUSTICE TIMMER authored an Opinion in which she concurred in part, dissented in part, and dissented in the result.


¶1 This case concerns multiple expedited election appeals and cross-appeals regarding the interpretation and application of the statutes governing initiative petitions and the method for determining whether an initiative has sufficient valid signatures to qualify for placement on the ballot. We previously...

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