SUPREME COURT OF ARIZONA

LEAGUE OF ARIZONA CITIES AND TOWNS,

Petitioner,

No. CV-09-0342-SA

FILED 12/02/2009

v.

STATE OF ARIZONA; JANICE K BREWER,

in her official capacity as Governor

of the State of Arizona; TERRY GODDARD,

in his official capacity as the Attorney General

of the State of Arizona; ROBERT BURNS, in his

official capacity as the President of the Senate of

the State of Arizona; KIRK ADAMS, in his official

capacity as the Speaker of the House of Representatives

of the State of Arizona,

Respondents.

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O R D E R

Petitioner League of Arizona Cities and Towns having filed an original special action in this Court, The Court has determined that the Petitioner did not establish circumstances sufficient to render it proper for the original special action petition to be brought in this Court,

IT IS ORDERED pursuant to Rule 7(b), Rules of Procedure for Special Actions, the petition for special action is dismissed without prejudice to either party filing an action in a lower tribunal.

DATED this ____________ day of December, 2009.

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REBECCA WHITE BERCH

Chief Justice