Welch v. Cochise Board of Supervisors

Docket NumberCV-20-0322-PR
Decision Date02 September 2021
The Supreme Court held that Arizona's open-meeting and conflict-of-interest laws broadly confer standing based upon a claimant's interest in preserving the values of transparency and accountability that the laws enshrine, not because of a claimant's equitable ownership of tax revenues The laws at issue in this case grant people affected by either an alleged violation or a public agency's decision standing to enforce their respective requirements. The open-meeting law also provides that legal...

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  • S. Point Energy Ctr. v. Ariz. Dep't of Revenue
    • United States
    • Arizona Court of Appeals
    • March 19, 2024
    ...& Varnish Works v. Nu-Enamel Corp., 305 U.S. 315, 332-33, 59 S.Ct. 191, 83 L.Ed. 195 (1938); Welch v. Cochise Cnty. Bd. of Supervisors, 251 Ariz. 519, 523, ¶ 11, 494 P.3d 580, 584 (2021). If the language is ambiguous, we consider secondary interpretive principles, such as an act’s subject m......
  • Jones v. Respect the Will of the People
    • United States
    • Arizona Court of Appeals
    • August 25, 2022
    ...are not expressed." Pima County v. Heinfeld , 134 Ariz. 133, 134, 654 P.2d 281, 282 (1982) ; see also Welch v. Cochise Cnty. Bd. of Supervisors , 251 Ariz. 519, ¶ 36, 494 P.3d 580 (2021) (applying this canon of construction to conclude legislature intentionally excluded remedies).¶21 Sectio......
  • S. Point Energy Ctr. LLC v. Ariz. Dep't of Revenue
    • United States
    • Arizona Supreme Court
    • April 26, 2022
    ...words in context and effectuate the plain meaning of § 5 unless doing so would be absurd. See Welch v. Cochise Cnty. Bd. of Supervisors , 251 Ariz. 519, 523 ¶ 11, 494 P.3d 580, 584 (2021). If the language is ambiguous, we consider secondary interpretive principles, such as the Act's subject......
  • McMichael-Gombar v. Phx. Civil Serv. Bd.
    • United States
    • Arizona Court of Appeals
    • June 23, 2022
    ...We cannot construe this Charter assurance as "mere surplusage." See Welch v. Cochise Cnty. Bd. of Supr's , 251 Ariz. 519, 524, ¶ 15, 494 P.3d 580, 585 (2021) (citing Nicaise v. Sundaram , 245 Ariz. 566, 568, ¶ 11, 432 P.3d 925, 927 (2019) ). Thus, the Phoenix Charter required the Board to t......
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