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SUPREME COURT OF ARIZONA En Banc ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Plaintiffs/Appellees, ) ) v. ) ) PROTECT OUR CITY, a political ) organization, ) ) Defendant/Appellant, ) ) MARIO PANIAGUA, in his official ) capacity as City Clerk of the ) City of Phoenix; HELEN PURCELL, ) in her official capacity as ) Recorder of Maricopa County, ) Arizona; KAREN OSBORNE, in her ) official capacity as Director of ) Elections of Maricopa County, ) Arizona; and DON STAPLEY, FULTON ) BROCK, ANDREW KUNASEK, MAX ) WILSON and MARY ROSE WILCOX, in ) their official capacities as ) Members of the Board of ) Supervisors of Maricopa County, ) Arizona; MAYOR PHIL GORDON, in ) his official capacity as Mayor ) of the City of Phoenix; DAVE ) SIEBERT, PEGGY NEELY, PEGGY ) BILSTEN, TOM SIMPLOT, CLAUDE ) MATTOX, GREG STANTON, DOUG ) LINGNER and MICHAEL JOHNSON, in ) their official capacities as ) Members of the City Council of ) the City of Phoenix ) ) Defendants. ) __________________________________) CHRIS FLEISCHMAN, a registered voter in the City of Phoenix, KATHY ROEDIGER, a registered voter in the City of Phoenix, ALFREDO GUTIERREZ, a registered voter in the City of Phoenix, Arizona Supreme Court No. CV-06-0333-AP/EL Maricopa County Superior Court No. CV 2006-013116

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Appeal from the Superior Court in Maricopa County The Honorable Janet E. Barton, Judge AFFIRMED ________________________________________________________________ PERKINS COIE BROWN & BAIN P.A. By Charles A. Blanchard Rhonda L. Barnes Colin P. Ahler And ALTSHULER, BERZON, NUSSBAUM, RUBIN & DEMAIN By Stephen P. Berzon Danielle E. Leonard And ROUSH, MCCRACKEN, GUERRERO, MILLER & ORTEGA By Daniel R. Ortega, Jr. Attorneys for Chris Fleischman, Kathy Roediger, and Alfredo Gutierrez AHWATUKEE LEGAL OFFICE By David L. Abney Attorneys for Protect Our City Phoenix

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GARY VERBURG, PHOENIX CITY ATTORNEY Phoenix By Larry F. Felix, Assistant City Attorney Attorneys for Amicus Curiae City of Phoenix ________________________________________________________________ B A L E S, Justice

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