DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE DSCC v. The Arizona Republican Party; Bill Gates, Councilman; Suzanne Klapp, Councilwoman; Debbie Lesko, Sen.; Tony Rivero, Rep., Intervenor-Defendants-Appellees. (2021)

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

The DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE; DSCC, aka Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee; The Arizona Democratic Party, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Katie HOBBS, in her official capacity as Secretary of State of Arizona; Mark Brnovich, Attorney General, in his official capacity as Arizona Attorney General, Defendants-Appellees, State of Arizona, Intervenor, The Arizona Republican Party; Bill Gates, Councilman; Suzanne Klapp, Councilwoman; Debbie Lesko, Sen.; Tony Rivero, Rep., Intervenor-Defendants-Appellees.

No. 18-15845

Decided: August 30, 2021

Before: Sidney R. Thomas, Chief Judge, and Diarmuid F. O'Scannlain, William A. Fletcher, Marsha S. Berzon, Johnnie B. Rawlinson, Richard R. Clifton, Jay S. Bybee, Consuelo M. Callahan, Mary H. Murguia, Paul J. Watford, and John B. Owens, Circuit Judges.

Bruce V. Spiva, Marc E. Elias, Elisabeth C. Frost, and Amanda R. Callais, Perkins Coie LLP, Washington, D.C.; Daniel C. Barr and Sarah R. Gonski, Perkins Coie LLP, Phoenix, Arizona; Joshua L. Kaul, Perkins Coie LLP, Madison, Wisconsin; for Plaintiffs-Appellants. Mark Brnovich, Attorney General; Joseph A. Kanefield, Chief Deputy and Chief of Staff; Brunn W. Roysden III, Division Chief; Oramel H. (O.H.) Skinner, Solicitor General; Kate B. Sawyer, Assistant Solicitor General; Katlyn J. Divis, Andrew G. Pappas, Joseph E. La Rue, and Karen J. Hartman-Tellez, Assistant Attorneys General; Office of the Attorney General, Phoenix, Arizona; for Defendants-Appellees. Brett W. Johnson and Colin P. Ahler, Snell & Wilmer LLP, Phoenix, Arizona, for Intervenor-Defendants-Appellees.