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SUPREME COURT OF ARIZONA EN BANC STANLEY GRIFFIS, ) ) Plaintiff/Appellant, ) ) v. ) ) PINAL COUNTY, ) ) Defendant/Appellee, ) ) ) and ) ) PHOENIX NEWSPAPERS, INC., an ) Arizona corporation, ) ) Intervenor/Appellee. ) ) __________________________________) Arizona Supreme Court No. CV-06-0312-PR Court of Appeals Division Two No. 2 CA-CV 06-0052 Pinal County Superior Court No. CV2006-00147

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Appeal from the Superior Court in Pinal County The Honorable Robert Duber REVERSED; REMANDED ________________________________________________________________ Opinion of the Court of Appeals, Division Two 213 Ariz. 300, 141 P. 3d 780 (2006) VACATED ________________________________________________________________ FENNEMORE CRAIG PC By Timothy Berg Janice Procter-Murphy Theresa Dwyer Attorneys for Stanley Griffis ROBERT CARTER OLSON, PINAL COUNTY ATTORNEY By Chris M. Roll, Deputy County Attorney Allen C. McVey, Deputy County Attorney Attorneys for Pinal County Phoenix

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STEPTOE & JOHNSON LLP By David Jeremy Bodney Peter S. Kozinets Chris Moeser Attorneys for Phoenix Newspapers, Inc. MAYNARD CRONIN ERICKSON CURRAN & SPARKS PLC By Daniel D. Maynard Douglas C. Erickson And THE REPORTERS COMMITTEE FOR FREEDOM OF THE PRESS By Lucy A. Dalglish Loren A. Cochran And FLETCHER HEALD & HILDRETH PLC By Kevin M. Goldberg And THE ASSOCIATED PRESS By David H. Tomlin And NEWSPAPER ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA By Rene P. Milam And BAKER & HOSTETLER LLP By Bruce W. Sanford Bruce D. Brown Laurie A. Babinski And

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WILEY REIN LLP Washington, DC By Kathleen A. Kirby Attorneys for Amici Curiae The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, American Society of Newspaper Editors, The Associated Press, Newspaper Association of America, Society of Professional Journalists, and Radio and Television News Directors Association 2

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