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SUPREME COURT OF ARIZONA En Banc

CLEAN ELECTIONS INSTITUTE, INC., an Arizona non-profit corporation; MICHAEL J. VALDER; and LYDIA GUZMAN,

) ) ) ) ) Plaintiffs/Appellees/ ) Cross-Appellants, ) v. ) ) JANICE BREWER, in her official ) capacity as Secretary of State ) for the State of Arizona, ) ) Defendant/Appellant/ ) Cross-Appellee, ) ) NO TAXPAYER MONEY FOR ) POLITICIANS, an unincorporated ) association; ERIC CROWN, in his ) capacity as chairman of the ) association; LETTIE PHILLIPS, in ) her capacity as treasurer of the ) association, ) ) Real Parties in Interest/ ) Appellants/Cross-Appellees.) ) __________________________________)

Arizona Supreme Court No. CV-04-0263-AP/EL Maricopa County Superior Court No. CV2004-012699

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Appeal from Superior Court of Maricopa County CV-2004-012699 The Honorable Margaret H. Downie AFFIRMED ________________________________________________________________ Perkins Coie Brown & Bain P.A. Phoenix by Charles A. Blanchard Michael S. Mandell Michael T. Liburdi

Attorneys for Clean Elections Institute Inc., Michael J. Valder and Lydia Guzman James P. Walsh, Acting Attorney General by Jessica G. Funkhouser, Special Counsel Diana L. Varela, Assistant Attorney General Attorneys for Janice Brewer Phoenix

Gammage & Burnham Phoenix by Lisa T. Hauser Cameron C. Artigue Attorneys for No Taxpayer Money For Politicians, Eric Crown and Lettie Phillips Coppersmith Gordon Schermer Owens & Nelson P.L.C. By Andrew S. Gordon Attorneys for Amicus Curiae Arizona Corporation Commissioners/Candidates for the Arizona Corporation Commission Phoenix

Irvine Law Firm, P.A. Phoenix by Thomas K. Irvine Attorneys for Amicus Curiae Hon. Raul H. Castro _______________________________________________________________ M c G R E G O R, Vice Chief Justice

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