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· 12/4/1997

Winkle v. City of Tucson

Citations

  • 949 P.2d 502
  • 190 Ariz. 413
  • 257 Ariz. Adv. Rep. 19
  • 1997 Ariz. LEXIS 129

How courts have described this case

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  • noting that if the courts offered advisory opinions routinely in election cases, “the judiciary would be inundated with unnecessary preelection challenges”
  • noting that if the courts offered advisory opinions routinely in election cases, \the judiciary would be inundated with unnecessary preelection challenges\
  • stating that “fail[ures] to comply with publication requirements” in initiative petitions are “procedural defects”
  • indicating a case is ripe for review when it presents an actual conflict
  • “The ripeness doctrine prevents a court from rendering a premature judgment or opinion on a situation that may never occur.”
  • “Ripeness is analogous to standing because the ‘doctrine prevents a court from rendering a premature judgment or opinion on a situation that may never occur.’ ”

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Judges: Feldman, Zlaket, Jones, Moeller, Martone

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