Wistuber v. Paradise Valley Unified School District

FELDMAN, Justice.

Petitioners brought a special action, as taxpayers, to declare invalid a portion (Proposal 98) of a collective bargaining agreement between the Paradise Valley Unified School District (District) and the local Classroom Teachers’ Association (Association). Petitioners allege that Proposal 98 violates Ariz. Const., art. 9, § 7.1 The trial court entered judgment on the merits in favor of the District. The judgment was based on legal memoranda in lieu of trial, Proposal 98 and an affidavit of the Dis*348trict’s Superintendent of Schools. Petitioners appealed and the District…