The Arizona Supreme Court recently held in Roundtree v. City of Page that the circumstances under which citizens can place a local initiative measure on the ballot are very broad, so long as they propose something that may be...more
8/13/2025
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Arizona’s Open Meeting Law requires a city to approve the filing of a lawsuit in a public meeting. Such litigation, however, is often first discussed in a private or “executive session,” where the city council instructs its...more
In the forthcoming case of Roundtree v. City of Page,2 the Arizona Supreme Court will weigh in on a reoccurring political issue that bubbles up in cities and towns across the state: under what circumstances does a proposed...more
1/28/2025
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