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Counsel for Arizona Board of Regents (ABOR) in the Arizona Superior Court, the Arizona Court of Appeals, and the Arizona Supreme Court, defending suit by  the state attorney general alleging that ABOR’s tuition policies violated the state constitution. Agreeing with ABOR’s position, the Arizona Supreme Court affirmed the trial and court of appeals decisions holding that the attorney general did not have statutory authority to bring his constitutional claim. The Supreme Court also remanded for further proceeding the attorney general’s separate challenge to ABOR’s now-abandoned practice of charging in-state tuition to DACA students graduating from Arizona high schools.  (Decided November 25 , 2020, No. CV-19-0247)  ___ Ariz. ___, ___ P.3d ___ (2020)