William Andrew Holohan (July 1, 1928 – July 23, 2010) was a justice of the

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, serving from 1972 until his retirement in 1989. Holohan served as chief justice from 1982 to 1987. Holohan served as an Assistant United States Attorney to then–United States Attorney Jack D. H. Hays. Holohan was considered conservative in his legal and political views but progressive in judicial reform. In 1988, Holohan wrote the opinion of the court in ''Green v. Osborne'', a 4–1 decision that canceled a recall election for

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because Mecham already had been impeached and removed as governor." Other notable opinions include a "1982 reversal of a lower-court ruling that declared Arizona Downs' lease at

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to be unconstitutional and a violation of antitrust laws."

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Holohan, William A. 1928 births 2010 deaths Justices of the Arizona Supreme Court Chief Justices of the Arizona Supreme Court University of Arizona alumni 20th-century American judges