Legal Opinion

Morales v. archibald/phoenix Urban project/bowers/fann

Arizona Supreme Court

Decided April 25, 2019No. CV-19-0065-T/APPublishedCited by 3 opinions

CHIEF JUSTICE BALES authored the opinion of the Court, in which VICE CHIEF JUSTICE BRUTINEL and JUSTICES TIMMER, BOLICK, GOULD, LOPEZ, and PELANDER (RETIRED) joined.

1Opinion of the Court

CHIEF JUSTICE BALES, opinion of the Court:

¶1 We here explain our March 20, 2019 order affirming the trial court's decision enjoining a recall election of Phoenix City Councilman Michael Nowakowski. Urban Phoenix Project PAC (the "Committee") failed to collect sufficient valid signatures to trigger a recall because its signature sheets were not attached to a time-and-date-marked copy of its recall application, as required by statute.

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¶2 Nowakowski represents District 7 of the City of Phoenix. Displeased with his conduct as a councilman, some electors from District 7 sought to initiate a recall…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Kromko v. Superior CourtArizona Supreme Court · 1991
  2. City of Flagstaff v. MangumArizona Supreme Court · 1990
  3. Franklin Bruce Ross v. Ken BennettArizona Supreme Court · 2011
  4. Joshua Stanwitz v. reagan/outlaw Dirty MoneyArizona Supreme Court · 2018

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Arizonans for Fair Elections v. HobbsDistrict Court, D. Arizona · 2020
  2. Liane Breckling v. Arturo HernandezArizona Supreme Court · 2024
  3. Robert Backie v. Kim GeorgeArizona Supreme Court · 2024

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