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SUPREME COURT OF ARIZONA En Banc

THE FORTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ARIZONA; THE ARIZONA STATE SENATE; THE ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; KEN BENNETT, individually and as President, Arizona State Senate; and JAMES P. WEIERS, individually and as Speaker, Arizona House of Representatives,

) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Petitioners, ) ) v. ) ) JANET NAPOLITANO, Governor of ) the State of Arizona; ARIZONA ) DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION and ) WILLIAM BELL, Director; and ) ARIZONA STATE PERSONNEL BOARD ) and JEFF GRANT, Chair, ) ) Respondents. ) ) __________________________________)

Arizona Supreme Court No. CV-06-0079-SA

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Special Action JURISDICTION ACCEPTED; RELIEF GRANTED ________________________________________________________________ MEAGHER & GEER, P.L.L.P. Scottsdale By Gary L. Lassen Thomas H. Crouch Attorneys for the 47th Legislature of the State of Arizona, the Arizona State Senate, the Arizona House of Representatives, Ken Bennett, and James P. Weiers OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR By Timothy A. Nelson, General Counsel Nicole C. Davis, Deputy General Counsel And Phoenix

PERKINS COIE BROWN & BAIN P.A. By Paul F. Eckstein Joel W. Nomkin Charles A. Blanchard Lee Stein Attorneys for Governor Janet Napolitano

Phoenix

TERRY GODDARD, ARIZONA ATTORNEY GENERAL Phoenix By Mary O' Grady, Solicitor General Attorneys for Arizona Department of Administration and William Bell, Director, and Arizona State Personnel Board and Jeff Grant, Chair RYLEY CARLOCK & APPLEWHITE Phoenix By N. Warner Lee John M. Fry Attorneys for Amicus Curiae National Conference of State Legislatures OSBORN MALEDON, P.A. Phoenix By Diane M. Johnsen Thomas L. Hudson Diane M. Meyers Attorneys for Amicus Curiae National Governors Association

M c G R E G O R, Chief Justice

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