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CITY OF TUCSON v. STATE

No. CV-11-0150-PR.

273 P.3d 624 (2012)

CITY OF TUCSON, a municipal corporation, Plaintiff/Appellant, v. STATE of Arizona, Defendant/Appellee, and Southern Arizona Leadership Council and Senator Jonathan Paton, Defendant-Intervenors/Appellees.

Supreme Court of Arizona, En Banc.

April 6, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas C. Horne, Arizona Attorney General by James E. Barton II, David R. Cole, Solicitor General, Phoenix, Attorneys for State of Arizona.

Michael G. Rankin, Tucson City Attorney, by Dennis P. McLaughlin, Principal Assistant City Attorney, Tucson, Attorneys for City of Tucson.

Lewis and Roca LLP by John Hinderaker, Jeffrey L. Sklar, S.L. Schorr, Tucson, Kimberly A. Demarchi, Phoenix, Attorneys for Southern Arizona Leadership Council and Jonathan Paton.

Berke Law Firm, PLLC by Ellen M. Van Riper, Phoenix, Attorney for Amicus Curiae League of Arizona Cities and Towns.

OPINION

BALES, Justice.

¶ 1 Since statehood, Arizona's Constitution has included a "home rule" provision authorizing eligible cities to adopt charters. Ariz.Const. art. 13, § 2. A charter city has the power to frame its own organic law, including the power to determine "who shall be its governing officers and how they shall be selected." Strode v. Sullivan, 72 Ariz. 360, 368, 236 P.2d 48...

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