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SUPREME COURT OF ARIZONA En Banc ) ) ) ) ) Petitioners, ) ) v. ) ) THE HONORABLE KENNETH L. FIELDS, ) JUDGE OF THE SUPERIOR COURT OF ) THE STATE OF ARIZONA, in and for ) the County of Maricopa, ) ) Respondent Judge, ) ) MARY ANN PEREZ, LOU KRAFTS, ) SHERRY GILL, NAN NELSON, DOROTHY ) HANSEN, EVA HERNANDEZ, NORMA ) VEACH, LILLIE DYE, NEFRETARI ) SALAHDEEN, TERESA ANDERSON, ) ELAINE STOCKTON, GERALDINE ) MARTINEZ, MARIA MONTOYA, PAULINE ) HODGES, VIOLET TODD, MARTHA ) MARTINEZ, ) ) Real Parties in Interest. ) ) __________________________________) CITY OF PHOENIX, a municipal corporation; CITY of PHOENIX EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM BOARD, Arizona Supreme Court No. CV-08-0159-PR Court of Appeals Division One No. 1 CA-SA 07-0152 Maricopa County Superior Court No. CV2002-020383

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Special Action from the Superior Court in Maricopa County The Honorable Kenneth L. Fields, Judge REMANDED ________________________________________________________________ Opinion of the Court of Appeals, Division One 219 Ariz. 88, 193 P.3d 782 (App. 2008) VACATED ________________________________________________________________

LITTLER MENDELSON, P.C. By J. Mark Ogden R. Shawn Oller J. Greg Coulter Attorneys for City of Phoenix KUTAK ROCK LLP By Marc R. Lieberman Paige A. Martin Jennifer L. Kraham Attorneys for City of Phoenix Employees' Retirement System Board

Phoenix

Scottsdale

JENNINGS, STROUSS & SALMON, P.L.C. By Peter W. Sorensen Paul G. Johnson Attorneys for Mary Ann Perez, Lou Krafts, Sherry Gill, Nan Nelson, Dorothy Hansen, Eva Hernandez, Norma Veach, Lillie Dye, Nefretari Salahdeen, Teresa Anderson, Elaine Stockton, Geraldine Martinez, Maria Montoya, Pauline Hodges, Violet Todd, and Martha Martinez CHARLES M. BREWER, LTD. By David L. Abney And HARALSON, MILLER, PITT, FELDMAN & MCANALLY, P.L.C. By Stanley G. Feldman Attorneys for Amicus Curiae Arizona Trial Lawyers Association

Phoenix

Phoenix

Tucson

ARIZONA CENTER FOR LAW IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST Phoenix By Timothy M. Hogan Joy E. Herr-Cardillo Tucson Attorneys for Amici Curiae Arizona Center for Law in the Public Interest and the Goldwater Institute ________________________________________________________________ H U R W I T Z, Justice

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