Our Work
Our Work
Education
Niehaus v. HuppenthalMon, 01/30/2012 | |
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Cave Creek Unified School District et al. v. State of ArizonaThu, 11/18/2010 | |
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The state is once again refusing to adequately fund education and by doing so, is in violation of its own laws. This time, the state has failed to update the school funding formula by using all of the inflation adjustments required by Proposition 301, a referendum approved by a majority of Arizona voters. |
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Rumery et al. v. Dean Martin et al.Mon, 10/11/2010 | |
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The legislature is taking away yet more funding from public education and Arizona's school children. In 2009, the legislature passed a bill funneling state trust land proceeds, which formerly went straight to fund education, into administrative costs. The Center is hot in pursuit to put these dollars back where they belong. |
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Sierra Vista Unified School District et al. v. State of ArizonaMon, 10/11/2010 | |
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This longtime Center case is yet another example of the Center's mission to defend public education. Although the Center won a 1994 victory requiring the state to adequately fund school buildings and facilities, the legislature still refuses to do so. The Center is comitted to force the state to provide the funding needed for a proper education. |
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Flores v. Horne et al.Thu, 09/09/2010 | |
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The Center is waiting for a ruling in Flores, a nearly twenty year-old case in which the state continues to refuse equal educational access to a large percentage of Arizona's schoolchildren. |
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Energy
In the Matter of Mohave Electric Cooperative's ApplicationWed, 07/27/2011 | |
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On July 14, 2011, the Arizona Corporation Commission undermined its own renewable energy rules by allowing a proposed waste incinerator to qualify as "renewable energy." In a 3-2 vote with Republican commissioners in the majority, a waste incinerator that would run partially on fossil fuels and spew toxic by-products such as mercury and dioxin was astonishingly placed in the same category as truly clean renewable energy such as solar and wind. |
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Miller v. Arizona Corporation CommissionWed, 11/17/2010 | |
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We need more, not less, renewable energy and in a sunny state like Arizona, it only makes sense to encourage utility companies to secure power from renewable energy sources such as solar. This seems like a no-brainer and yet, the Goldwater Institute, a group that supports entrenched corporate interests over the public interest, filed a lawsuit against exactly this. The Center stepped in and filed an amicus brief in support of Arizona's renewable energy standards to make sure that our energy needs will be adequately provided for in a world where traditional (non-renewable) energy sources are quickly disappearing. On April 7, the Arizona Court of Appeals agreed with the Center (and the Arizona Corporation Commission) by rejecting the Goldwater Institute's challenge. |
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Environment
Greer Coaltion Inc. and the Center for Biological Diversity v. U.S. Forest Service et al.Wed, 11/17/2010 | |
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On September 16, 2009, the Forest Service approved the Black River Land Exchange, a decision which has been and continues to be plagued with inconsistencies, shoddy analysis and an almost willful neglect of the public interest. The Center has filed a lawsuit to stop the Forest Service from handing our national forest lands over to private development. |
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State Trust Land Department v. ANSACWed, 11/17/2010 | |
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In Spring 2011, the Center won a major victory for the protection of Arizona's rivers and streams, and by extension, for all of us who want to bring back our quickly disappearing waterways and the rich, lush, riparian corridors they sustain. |
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WildEarth Guardians v. BaierTue, 11/16/2010 | |
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The Center is challenging the State Land Department's unlawful favoritism in awarding a state land grazing lease to a rancher instead of WildEarth Guardians. The Land Department's decision utterly fails to maximize the state's revenue at a time when that revenue is needed more than ever. |
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Paisely v. GrumblesFri, 11/12/2010 | |
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UPDATE: On September 2, 2011, the Court ruled in favor of the plaintiffs and ordered the funding restored. The Court's decision is attached. |
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Hualapai Valley Solar LLCTue, 10/12/2010 | |
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The Center scored a monumental victory in this case by convincing the Arizona Corporation Commission that it did not make sense to pump groundwater from an already-depleted aquifer to run a solar power plant. Because of the Center's hard work, Arizonan's can reap the benefits of solar energy without having to give up precious water. |
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Health Care
Fogliano v. ArizonaThu, 08/11/2011 | |
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After the Arizona Supreme Court denied the Center’s motion for preliminary injunction and declined to accept jurisdiction in the special action filed to stop AHCCCS from implementing a freeze on the provision of health care benefits effective July 1, (see Roach et al. v. Brewer et al.), on June 27, 2011, the Center, along with the Morris Institute for Justice and the Arizona Center for Disability Law, filed a lawsuit against AHCCCS and the state of Arizona in Superior Court. |
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Roach et al. v. Brewer et al.Mon, 05/30/2011 | |
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On May 23, the Center and the William E. Morris Institute for Justice filed a critically important lawsuit against Governor Jan Brewer's and the legislature's attempt to destroy Arizona's health care system. This lawsuit not only seeks to protect low income individuals who will lose all health care coverage if Brewer and the legislature have their way, but it also seeks to protect Arizona voters whose votes would otherwise be blatantly ignored by the Governor and legislature. |
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J.K. v. HumbleSun, 11/14/2010 | |
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The state of Arizona has repeatedly failed to meet its federal obligations when it comes to providing mental health and substance abuse treatment to Medicaid-eligible children. The Center was appointed as legal counsel in this case in 1991 to enforce federal laws requiring the state to provide children with nationally accepted standards for mental health care and substance abuse treatment. |
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Arnold v. SarnThu, 10/28/2010 | |
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Other Issues
McComish v. BennettThu, 11/18/2010 | |
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For over a decade, Arizona's unique voter-enacted Citizens' Clean Elections Act has promoted free speech and helped combat corruption in Arizona government. Now the Act, which is the only alternative to the corruption inherent in large, private, political contributions, is being challenged by those who want private industry and its money to control our state. The Center is representing Arizona's Clean Elections Institute in the United States Supreme Court to fight to retain this critical law. |
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