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SUPREME COURT OF ARIZONA En Banc

JAMES McLAUGHLIN; UNITED FOOD & COMMERCIAL WORKERS LOCAL 99,

) ) ) Plaintiffs/Appellees, ) ) v. ) ) KEN BENNETT, in his official ) capacity as Secretary of State ) for the State of Arizona; ) LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ) ARIZONA; BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF ) MARICOPA COUNTY, in its official ) capacity and on behalf of all ) counties in the State, ) ) Defendants/Appellants, ) ) and ) ) S.O.S. BALLOT - IN SUPPORT OF ) SCR 1026 COMMITTEE (ID ) 201000023); and ARIZONA CHAMBER ) OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY, ) ) Defendants-Intervenors. ) __________________________________)

Arizona Supreme Court No. CV-10-0205-AP/EL Maricopa County Superior Court No. CV2010-014942

O P I N I O N

Appeal from the Superior Court in Maricopa County The Honorable Robert H. Oberbillig, Judge AFFIRMED ________________________________________________________________

DAVIS, COWELL & BOWE, LLP By Andrew J. Kahn Elizabeth A. Lawrence and

San Francisco, CA

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SNOW & CARPIO, P.L.C. Phoenix By X. Alex Carpio Attorneys for James McLaughlin and United Food & Drug Commercial Workers Local 99 AFL-CIO TERRY GODDARD, ARIZONA ATTORNEY GENERAL Phoenix By Barbara A. Bailey, Assistant Attorney General Carrie Jane Brennan, Assistant Attorney General Attorneys for Ken Bennett ARIZONA STATE LEGISLATURE By Gregrey G. Jernigan By Peter A. Gentala Attorneys for Arizona State Legislature Phoenix

SCHARF-NORTON CENTER FOR CONSTITUTIONAL Phoenix LITIGATION AT THE GOLDWATER INSTITUTE By Clint Bolick Gustavo E. Schneider Carrie Ann Sitren Attorneys for S.O.S. Ballot and Arizona Chamber of Commerce and Industry ________________________________________________________________ P E L A N D E R, Justice

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