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OPINION
RABINOWITZ, Justice.
I. INTRODUCTION
This appeal centers on the application of the notice requirement of the Differing Site Conditions clause found in a contract between appellant Neal & Company, Inc. (NCI) and appellee City of Dillingham (City). Ap-pellee CH2M Hill (Hill), the City's engineer on the project, i... | [
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OPINION
COATS, Judge.
Major Townsel was convicted, following a jury trial, of four counts of robbery in the first degree, AS 11.41.500(a)(1), and one count of misconduct involving weapons in the first degree, AS 11.61.200(a)(3). Judge Rene Gonzalez sentenced Townsel to the presumptive seven-year term for each count of ... | [
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OPINION
BRYNER, Chief Judge.
George A. Konrad was convicted, following a jury trial, of assault in the third degree, assault in the second degree, and terroristic threatening. Konrad appeals, arguing that the trial court erred in failing to dismiss his indictment, that Alaska's ter-roristic threatening statute is uncon... | [
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OPINION
SINGLETON, Judge.
A jury convicted Richard D. Robison of kidnapping, but accepted the affirmative defense that he released his victim without harming her. Consequently, the offense was reduced to a class A felony. AS 11.-41.300(d). The jury also convicted Robison of attempted sexual assault in the first degree.... | [
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OPINION
SINGLETON, Judge.
Darryl W. Sledge was convicted of one count of sexual assault in the first degree, an unclassified felony. AS 11.41.410(a)(1). He was sentenced to serve the applicable eight-year presumptive term. AS 12.55.-125(i)(l). Sledge appeals. We conclude that it is necessary to remand this case for a f... | [
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FACTS
MATTHEWS, Chief Justice.
On May 20, 1983, the State of Alaska filed a complaint against Oliver Hofstad, Sarah Hofstad, and the City of Petersburg, seeking to take, by eminent domain, property owned by the Hofstads in Petersburg. The state also filed a declaration of taking, and deposited $27,900 into the registry... | [
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OPINION
MATTHEWS, Justice.
Echo Bay Alaska, Inc., applied to the City and Borough of Juneau in November 1990 for a large mine permit for the AJ Mine. The proposed mine is located four miles from downtown Juneau. The tailings that will result from the processed ore are to be pumped into a tailings pond created by constr... | [
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OPINION
BRYNER, Chief Judge.
Magistrate Paul K. Verhagen tried Stephen J. Stewart and found him guilty of DWI, AS 28.35.030. Stewart appeals, alleging that the court committed error in denying his motion to dismiss and in sentencing him as a second DWI offender. We affirm the court's denial of the motion to dismiss but... | [
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OPINION
EASTAUGH, Justice.
I. INTRODUCTION
This case concerns the effect of a personal injury release executed by Rodney Ahwinona in 1991. The superior court granted a Civil Rule 12(b)(6) motion dismissing a 1994 lawsuit Ahwinona brought against two of the releasees. We affirm.
II. FACTS AND PROCEEDINGS
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OPINION
COMPTON, Chief Justice.
I. INTRODUCTION
Pier Hale appeals the superior court's af-firmance of a Workers' Compensation Board decision denying her claim for certain medical expenses. The Board held that the Anchorage School District was not required to pay Hale's physical therapist for treatments in excess of the... | [
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OPINION
FABE, Justice.
I. INTRODUCTION
This is an appeal from the decision of the superior court upholding the University of Alaska's award of a coal hauling and unloading contract to Royal Contractors. We affirm.
II.FACTS AND PROCEEDINGS
The University of Alaska, Fairbanks (UAF or the University) generates its own pow... | [
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OPINION
BRYNER, Chief Judge.
Codefendants Clint D. and Connie J. Knix appeal their convictions of perjury, AS 11.56.200(a), engaging in a scheme to defraud, AS 11.46.600(a)(2), and second-degree theft, AS 11.46.180(a) and AS 11.16.110(2)(B), raising various constitutional claims and statutory construction questions. We... | [
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OPINION
SHORTELL, Justice Pro Tem.
In this appeal, we are called upon to determine whether the trial court abused its discretion in ordering Arbelovsky's and Garcia's case dismissed with prejudice. We reverse.
I. FACTS AND PROCEEDINGS
On February 4, 1991, plaintiffs Frank Ar-belovsky and Chris Garcia (the plaintiffs) f... | [
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OPINION
RABINOWITZ, Justice.
I. INTRODUCTION
The superior court determined that R.C., the natural child of T.B., is a child in need of aid under AS 47.10.010(a)(2)(A), (C), and (F), and that it is in the best interests of R.C. for the State to retain custody of him for two years. T.B., R.C.'s mother, who was earing for... | [
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COMPTON, Chief Justice.
I. INTRODUCTION
Paul Tipton appeals the superior court's affirmance of the decision of the Alaska Workers' Compensation Board (Board) dismissing his workers' compensation claim. The Board held that AS 23.30.110(c) barred Tipton's claim because he failed to request a hearing within two years afte... | [
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OPINION
RABINOWITZ, Justice.
I. .INTRODUCTION
This appeal arises out of an action brought by Michele Ramsey against the Washington Insurance Guaranty Association (WIGA). A jury awarded Ramsey $200,000 after finding that WIGA had violated its duty to reasonably settle an underlying personal injury action. In this appeal... | [
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OPINION
MATTHEWS, Justice.
I. INTRODUCTION
Mane Airoulofski appeals a superior court decision granting summary judgment to the Municipality of Anchorage ("Municipality"). The superior court held that Airoulofski had waived his tort claims against the Municipality by failing to prosecute his case. The Municipality cross... | [
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OPINION
MATTHEWS, Justice.
Challenged in this case is an order determining that Mark Bridge, the presumptive father of Johnny Bridge, is not the biological father of Johnny.
Mark and Melody Bridge were married in December of 1990. They separated a year later. Johnny was born on January 7, 1992. Melody and Mark were div... | [
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OPINION
MATTHEWS, Justice.
Alaska Statute 13.31.070 validated provisions transferring at death property contained in certain instruments which do not qualify as wills. The question here is whether joint tenancy designations on stock certificates are covered by AS 13.31.070. We an swer in the affirmative, because the li... | [
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COATS, Chief Judge.
Alaska Criminal Rule 45(e)(1) currently provides that, with certain exceptions not pertinent here, the time within which a defendant must be tried begins to run from the date the "charging document" is served upon the defendant. This case raises the question of whether an "Order and Conditions of Re... | [
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MANNHEIMER, Judge.
This appeal requires us to decide whether the horizontal gaze nystagmus test, or "HGN" test, satisfies the standard for admissibility of scientific evidence established in Frye v. United States, 293 F. 1013 (D.C.Cir.1923), and reaffirmed as the governing standard in Alaska in Contreras v. State, 718 ... | [
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MANNHEIMER, Judge.
James G. Nathan appeals his conviction for driving while intoxicated, Anchorage Municipal Ordinance 9.28.020. After Nathan was arrested for DWI, he submitted to a breath test (which showed his blood-alcohol level to be .134 percent), and he declined the offer of an independent blood test. However, Na... | [
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OPINION
CHRISTEN, Justice.
I. INTRODUCTION
Caroline Kingik's husband, Morris Welch, was enrolled in the Public Employees' Retirement System (PERS) from 1986 to 1999. Shortly before Welch's retirement, he selected a retirement option that did not include survivor benefits. Kingik consented to this election. Welch died i... | [
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OPINION
MANNHEIMER, Judge.
Estin W. Borchgrevink appeals his convie-tions for first-degree assault (infliction of serious physical injury) and for a merged count of first-degree sexual assault and first-degree sexual abuse of a minor (non-consensual sexual penetration of a child under the age of 13). The issue on appea... | [
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OPINION
MANNHEIMER, Judge.
Michael D. Howard appeals his conviction for fourth-degree assault. Howard was con-viected of this crime based on evidence that he kicked another man in the face and ribs. Howard's defense at trial was self-defense; he presented evidence that the purported victim of the assault actually initi... | [
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Order
IT IS ORDERED:
1. Tara U. is the mother of Molly, born April 2003, and Maggie, born February 2006 The girls' father is deceased. Molly and Maggie were both born with high levels of opiates in their systems. As a result, the State of Alaska Office of Children's Services (OCS) placed each of them directly after bir... | [
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OPINION
PER CURIAM.
I. INTRODUCTION
The single issue presented in this appeal concerns the manner in which a noncustodial parent, William Carrick, can satisfy a combination of repayment obligations to the Child Support Enforcement Division (CSED) and a continuing support obligation to his minor son. The superior court ... | [
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OPINION
RABINO WITZ, Justice.
This appeal presents the question of whether a person imprisoned for refusal to pay a fine is entitled to "good time" reductions to his sentence.
Facts and Proceedings.
Steven K. Murphy was convicted, after a jury trial, of disposing of domestic waste-water on state lands without a permit.... | [
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OPINION
MATTHEWS, Justice.
I. INTRODUCTION
This case involves a news publisher's claim that the Governor and the executive branch are unlawfully withholding documents from the public. The superior court held that the documents were protected by the deliberative process privilege. The publisher appeals that decision, as... | [
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OPINION
SINGLETON, Judge.
Robert G. Blake was convicted by a jury of taking a sow grizzly bear accompanied by cubs in violation of former 5 Alaska Administrative Code (AAC) 81.320(2); taking a grizzly bear in a closed season, former 5 AAC 81.320(2); taking an overlimit grizzly, former 5 AAC 81.320(2); taking game in a ... | [
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OPINION
BURKE, Justice.
Bruce Elder was held in contempt of court and was incarcerated for an indefinite period pending the return of certain funds which he allegedly misappropriated from his brother, Michael Elder. Bruce challenges the propriety of the incarceration order. We reverse.
I
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OPINION
PER CURIAM.
The question presented in this appeal is whether the state Labor Relations Agency's decision allowing the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) to represent a bargaining unit composed of supervisory personnel employed by the Fairbanks Municipal Utilities System was error in light of... | [
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BRYNER, Chief Judge.
Danny J. Harrison was convicted by a jury of two counts of perjury in violation of AS 11.56.200(a). Harrison appeals, contending that Superior Court Judge Larry C. Zervos erred in denying Harrison's motion for a judgment of acquittal. We affirm.
. After being convicted of misconduct involving weapo... | [
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OPINION
EASTAUGH, Justice.
We must here consider whether AS 23.30.110(c) time bars Danny Huston's claim for workers' compensation benefits. The Aaska Workers' Compensation Board dismissed Huston's claims as untimely. The superior court affirmed when Huston appealed the Board's decision. We reverse and remand.
I. FACTS ... | [
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OPINION
FABE, Justice.
I. INTRODUCTION
J. Burk Voigt claimed that he was wrongfully terminated from his position with the Alaska Court System. "While he initially contested his termination and filed a formal grievance, Voigt failed to exhaust his administrative remedies. The issue raised in this appeal is whether this ... | [
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OPINION
RABINOWITZ, Justice.
I. INTRODUCTION
This appeal involves an interwoven property right and contractual dispute surrounding a failed attempt by Charles Keen to construct a tram to the top of Mount Juneau.
II. FACTS AND PROCEEDINGS
There are two separate sets of facts underlying the issues of this appeal, those r... | [
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OPINION
FABE, Justice.
I. INTRODUCTION
This appeal is from a judgment dividing property in a divorce proceeding. George Lundquist disputes the trial court's determinations as to the character, value, and proper distribution of the marital property. We affirm in part and reverse in part.
II. FACTS AND PROCEEDINGS
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OPINION
EASTAUGH, Justice.
I. INTRODUCTION
A jury awarded James McCarthy damages of $4,000 against Donato Jaso III. Jaso appeals issues relating to his offer of judgment and McCarthy's attorney's fees award. McCarthy cross-appeals rulings relating to evidence of his medical insurance and Jaso's closing argument. We aff... | [
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OPINION
RABINOWITZ, Justice.
I. FACTS AND PROCEEDINGS
This appeal arises from a November 30, 1987 automobile accident involving Barbara Smith and John Thompson. Smith was heading north on Laurel Street in Anchorage when Thompson, unable to stop his truck while exiting an adjacent parking lot, skidded across the slick p... | [
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OPINION
EASTAUGH, Justice.
I. INTRODUCTION
This labor dispute arose after the Alaska legislature, in consolidating various state housing programs, transferred housing programs conducted by the Alaska Department of Community and Regional Affairs (DCRA) to the Alaska Housing Finance Corporation (AHFC). The Alaska State E... | [
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OPINION
EASTAUGH, Justice.
I. INTRODUCTION
We here consider the effect of the marital status anti-discrimination clause in AS 18.80.220(a)(1). After an unmarried couple sued their former employer, the United States District Court for the District of Alaska certified to us the following two questions: whether AS 18.80.2... | [
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OPINION
MATTHEWS, Chief Justice.
I. INTRODUCTION
The Tucson Group leased land from the State of Alaska for possible oil and gas exploration. The Tucson Group later assigned the lease to James White. The Department of Natural Resources (DNR) did not approve the assignment because it concluded that the lease between the ... | [
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OPINION
BRYNER, Justice.
I. INTRODUCTION
Thomas Irvine appeals the denial of his claim for reemployment benefits by the Alaska Workers' Compensation Board (Board), arguing that the Board erred in failing to credit the hearing testimony of his physician, Dr. Shirley Fraser, and in deferring instead to the findings of it... | [
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OPINION
SINGLETON, Judge.
Ronald E. Gudmundson and Steven Knutson were convicted by a jury of wanton waste of a big game animal. AS 16.30.-010(a). The court sentenced each defendant to fifteen days' imprisonment with all but three and one-half days suspended and imposed fines of $1,250 each. We affirmed the convictions... | [
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OPINION
MATTHEWS, Chief Justice.
On July 30, 1994, Daniel Neary was injured when he was struck by a vehicle driven by eighteen-year-old Bobbie McDonald, Jr., who lacked both a driver's license and insurance. Neary sued McDonald for negligence and McDonald's parents for negligent en-trustment. After the suit against McD... | [
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OPINION
MATTHEWS, Chief Justice.
FACTS AND PROCEDURE
Appellee, Vincent Guzzardi, obtained a judgment against appellants, Charles Dahl-by and George Bailey (hereinafter Dahlby). A writ of execution was issued by the trial court for $20,391, the amount of the judgment plus accrued interest.
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OPINION
MATTHEWS, Chief Justice.
I. INTRODUCTION
This case is here for the second time. The historical and most of the procedural facts are set forth in our prior opinion, Grow v. Ruggles, We recite only the facts necessary to understand the issues in this appeal.
II. FACTS AND PROCEEDINGS
Carolyn Ruggles was injured i... | [
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OPINION
PER CURIAM
I. INTRODUCTION
When John Harrington and Cheryl Jordan divorced in 1996, Cheryl retained sole physical and legal custody of them two daughters. Nine months later, John moved for custody modification; the superior court denied his request without a hearing. John moved again in August 1998 for modifica... | [
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OPINION
FABE, Justice.
I. INTRODUCTION
This appeal involves a fire that destroyed the Fancyboy family home in Pilot Station. One of the Fancyboy children was killed in the fire and two other family members were injured. The Fancyboys sued Alaska Village Electric Cooperative, Inc. (AVEC) for negligence. Although a jury ... | [
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OPINION
MATTHEWS, Chief Justice.
I. INTRODUCTION
Ray Woodrow McCubbins and his wife, Rona McCubbins, appeal from a jury verdict awarding McCubbins $26,914.10 against the State of Alaska for injuries sustained in a diving accident at Big Lake. They appeal the trial court's failure to grant them a new trial on the issue ... | [
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OPINION
MANNHEIMER, Judge.
Two state troopers came to McNeill's house to investigate an on-going domestic disturbance between McNeill and his wife. Just as the troopers were about to begin questioning McNeill, he ordered them to "get the hell out" of his house. The troopers refused to leave until McNeill explained what... | [
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DIMOND, Justice.
Appellant was a member of the plumbers union, Local 367. On the union's employment priority listings appellant was assigned to List A, which afforded him the right to prior employment over members assigned to Lists B and C. In this action appellant alleged that in violation of his right to priority in ... | [
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OPINION
RABINOWITZ, Justice.
In this case we are faced with the question of whether petitioner's showing before the Board of Governors of the Alaska Bar Association established his eligibility for admission by reciprocity to practice law in Alaska. Resolution of the merits of this proceeding turns upon whether the Boar... | [
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OPINION
BRYNER, Chief Judge.
Robert J. Ross was convicted by a jury of one count of kidnapping and five counts of first-degree sexual assault. He later entered a plea of no contest to a separate charge of second-degree sexual assault. Superior Court Judge Peter A. Michalski sentenced Ross to consecutive sentences total... | [
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OPINION
MANNHEIMER, Judge.
Wayne E. George was convicted of first-degree murder, AS 11.41.100(a)(1), first-degree robbery, AS 11.41.500(a)(3), and second-degree theft, AS 11.46.130(a)(3), following a jury trial in the Ketchikan superior court. For these crimes, George received a composite sentence of 106 years' impriso... | [
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OPINION
BURKE, Justice.
The appellants, all Alaska Native fishermen, began their action in superior court alleging that emergency orders issued by the Alaska Department of Fish and Game (Department) and regulations promulgated by the Alaska Board of Fisheries (Board) discriminated against them because of their race. Af... | [
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OPINION
COATS, Chief Judge.
Lisa Orr-Hickey was convicted of hunting sheep in a closed area and possessing illegally-taken game (the sheep). She asserts that her jury received flawed instructions concerning the culpable mental state required for these crimes.
In State v. Rice, , the Alaska Supreme Court held that civil... | [
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OPINION
BRYNER, Chief Judge.
Lamar Patterson was originally charged with driving while intoxicated (DWI), driving while license revoked (DWLR), and refusal to submit to a chemical test of his breath (refusal). Prior to trial, the prosecution dismissed the DWI and DWLR charges; Patterson was tried and convicted on the r... | [
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OPINION
MATTHEWS, Justice.
Jennifer Abbott, John Shank, and Virginia Shank ("Owners") appeal a superior court award of attorney's fees to the Kodiak Island Borough Assembly ("Assembly") arising out of a zoning controversy. Owners argue that the superior court erroneously decided that they are not public interest litiga... | [
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OPINION
Before RABINOWITZ, C.J., and BURKE, MATTHEWS, COMPTON, and MOORE, JJ.
RABINOWITZ, Chief Justice.
INTRODUCTION
Alaska's big game tag regulation requires a brown bear hunter to purchase a numbered, nontransferable tag before hunting and then, after taking a bear, affix and keep the tag on the animal until it is s... | [
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OPINION
BRYNER, Justice.
Daretha Tolbert filed four workers' compensation claims against her employer, Alas-com, Inc., alleging work-related injuries to her hands. The Alaska Workers' Compensation Board denied these claims, finding that Tolbert either had shown no compensable injury or had failed to prove that her inju... | [
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OPINION
BRYNER, Justice.
Eklutna, Inc., and the Donnellys both claim to own the same 92.5 acres near Eagle River. Eklutna sued the Donnellys, seeking ejectment, quiet title, and declaratory relief. The superior court entered summary judgment against the Donnellys, who now appeal. Because we conclude that the claims of ... | [
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OPINION
Before NESBETT, C. J., and DIMOND and RABINO WITZ, JJ.
RABINOWITZ, Justice.
This appeal involves questions of first impression pertaining to the reviewability of decisions made by the Director of the Division of Lands and the Commissioner of Natural Resources under the leasing of lands provisions of the Alaska ... | [
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OPINION
EASTAUGH, Justice.
I. INTRODUCTION
We consider here whether Usibelli Coal Mine, Inc. (UCM) owes back royalties to the State of Alaska under three state coal leases for coal mined between 1989 and March 1993. The Alaska Department of Natural Resources (DNR) ruled administratively that it does. On appeal by UCM, ... | [
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OPINION
EASTAUGH, Justice.
I. INTRODUCTION
We are here required to construe the constitutional allocation of the power to appoint and remove members of regulatory commissions, and the constitutional and statutory provisions governing appointments during a recess of the legislature. The superior court entered summary ju... | [
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OPINION
BRYNER, Chief Judge.
Brenda J. Singleton was convicted by a jury of robbery in the second degree, AS 11.41.510(a)(1). On appeal, she argues that the trial court erred in allowing an unqualified person to serve as a juror and that the state failed to preserve exculpatory evidence. We affirm.
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OPINION
COMPTON, Chief Justice.
I. INTRODUCTION
The superior court determined that J.W. and W.W. were children in need of aid as a result of their having suffered substantial neglect because of conditions created by their parents. It terminated the rights of both parents to the children. J.P.W., the children's natural ... | [
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OPINION
COMPTON, Chief Justice.
This appeal presents the sole question of whether a genuine issue of material fact precludes summary judgment on the scope of the duty assumed by the State of Alaska (State). The superior court concluded that the State owed the decedent Dominic Smith no duty and granted summary judgment ... | [
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OPINION
MANNHEIMER, Judge.
Adam B. Hamilton appeals his convictions for first-degree burglary and first-degree murder. He contends that most of the evidence against him was obtained as a result of an unlawful investigative stop. He also contends that, during his trial, the prosecutor improperly referred to his post-arr... | [
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OPINION
FABE, Chief Justice.
I. INTRODUCTION
The Victoria Park Subdivision Homeowners' Association built a short wood fence at the edge of Lot 48, a lot set aside for recreational purposes. Gregory and Michele Hurst, who live on an adjacent lot, sued, claiming that the fence violated a restrictive covenant proscribing ... | [
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RABINOWITZ, Justice.
This case comes before us on Thomas B. Payne's petition for review of a decision of the Board of Governors of the Alaska Bar Association which held that petitioner was ineligible for admission without examination. We are of the opinion that petitioner's showing before the Board demonstrated that he... | [
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OPINION
FABE, Justice.
I. INTRODUCTION
In April 1995 Timothy Gossman was injured while working at a storage facility formerly owned by Greatland Directional Drilling, Inc. Gossman sued Greatland for negligence. Greatland, however, had voluntarily dissolved as a corporation in 1993. The superior court dismissed the acti... | [
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OPINION
Before BRYNER, C.J., MANNHEIMER, J., and ANDREWS, Superior Court Judge.
BRYNER, Chief Judge.
Robert J. Clucas was convicted of operating a set gill net within 600 feet of another gill net. Clucas appeals, arguing that the district court erred in rejecting his proposed affirmative defense of "first in time, firs... | [
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OPINION
COMPTON, Chief Justice.
I. INTRODUCTION
Judy Berkbigler appeals the superior court's denial of her motion to modify a child support award. We reverse.
II. FACTS AND PROCEEDINGS
Judy Berkbigler and Randall Berkbigler were divorced in December 1988. Judy was awarded sole custody of the parties' two children, and ... | [
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OPINION
MAASSEN, Justice.
I. INTRODUCTION
Major forest fires swept through areas south of Fairbanks in the summer of 2009 and approached properties owned by the appellants (the landowners). In an effort to save the landowners' structures, firefighters working under the direction of the State Department of Forestry inte... | [
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OPINION
Before MOORE, C.J., and RABINOWITZ, MATTHEWS, COMPTON and EASTAUGH, JJ.
PER CURIAM.
We have determined that none of the points raised by appellant are meritorious. We agree with the decisions entered in this ease by the Honorable Larry R. Weeks, superior court judge. The judgment is AFFIRMED.
APPENDIX A
IN THE ... | [
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OPINION
EASTAUGH, Justice.
I. INTRODUCTION
When Randy and Lesley Knutson dissolved their marriage and divided their property in 1988, they agreed to postpone selling the marital residence until its market value rose. In 1997 Randy sought judicial authority to buy out Lesley's share in the still-unsold house. The superi... | [
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OPINION
STEWART, Judge.
After reaching a plea bargain with the State, Christopher J. McCoy, Sr., pleaded no contest to one count of third-degree assault. Superior Court Judge Harold M. Brown imposed 4 years' imprisonment with all but 18 months suspended. In this appeal, McCoy does not challenge his sentence. Instead, h... | [
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OPINION
FABE, Chief Justice.
I. INTRODUCTION
These consolidated petitions for review arise out of an automobile accident which occurred when Laura H. Tanner changed lanes and her automobile collided with Vicky Ravijojla Powell's automobile. Tanner was driving a Hertz rental car and was working for Harcourt Brace & Co. ... | [
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OPINION
CARPENETI, Justice.
I. INTRODUCTION
Johnnie Bustamante's workers' compensation administrative appeal was dismissed in the superior court due to his failure to pay for the preparation of a transcript of the Workers' Compensation Board proceedings. Because the superior court had the power to waive the transcript ... | [
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OPINION
MANNHEIMER, Judge.
Jesse I. Evan was charged by information with two counts of first-degree sexual abuse of a minor, AS 11.41.434(a), and one count of second-degree sexual abuse of a minor, AS 11.41.436(a). Under a plea agreement with the State, Evan waived grand jury indictment and pleaded no contest to the se... | [
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OPINION
MANNHEIMER, Judge.
Jonna Rogers-Dwight was charged with driving while intoxicated, AS 28.35.030(a). She asked the district court to suppress the evidence against her, arguing that the officer who arrested her had illegally stopped her vehicle. When the district court denied her suppression motion, Rogers-Dwight... | [
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OPINION
MATTHEWS, Chief Justice.
I.INTRODUCTION
The International Association of Fire Fighters, Local 1264, (IAFF) sought a declaratory judgment and an injunction to prevent the Municipality of Anchorage (MOA) from releasing municipal employees' names in conjunction with their salaries to the Anchorage Daily News (News... | [
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OPINION
MANNHEIMER, Judge.
On the evening of January 25, 1996, Gene V. Martin asked a female acquaintance, K.W., to go for a ride with him. Martin's ostensible purpose was to have a frank conversation with K.W. about a mutual friend. During this drive, Martin stopped his truck and offered K.W. some cocaine; she accepte... | [
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OPINION
BRYNER, Chief Judge.
David Simmons was convicted of two counts of misconduct involving weapons in the first degree, AS 11.61.200(a)(1) (felon in possession), following a jury trial before Superior Court Judge James A. Hanson. Judge Hanson sentenced Simmons to a composite term of ten years. Simmons now appeals h... | [
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OPINION
BRYNER, Chief Judge.
Andrew Lott entered pleas of no contest to three charges of assault in the second degree. Superior Court Judge Richard D. Saveli sentenced Lott to a total of ten years with one year suspended. Lott thereafter filed a motion to withdraw his no contest pleas, contending that his trial counsel... | [
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OPINION
EASTAUGH, Justice.
I. INTRODUCTION
wThe Commercial Fisheries Entry Commission (CFEC) rejected John Orivello's limited entry salmon permit application because it found that he had insufficient points. Crivel-lo appeals the CFEC's denial of a third hearing and argues that he was entitled to more points for gear o... | [
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OPINION
PER CURIAM.
1. Appellant Tracy Atkins challenges the superior court's determination that the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and En-foreement Act (UCCJEA) prevents Alaska from exercising jurisdiction over a custody dispute between Atkins and appellee Veronica Vigil over their son Julian. The superior court r... | [
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OPINION
Before NESBETT, C. J., and DIMOND and RABINOWITZ, JJ.
DIMOND, Justice.
Appellee hit appellant with his fist and broke appellant's jaw. Appellant brought this action for damages and the jury returned a verdict in appellee's favor. On this appeal appellant contends that several errors committed by the trial court... | [
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DIMOND, Justice.
At the time that Joseph J. Brewer made application for admission to the Alaska Bar Association, the Alaska Bar Act provided that one was eligible for admission to the Alaska Bar without examination if, in addition to meeting other requirements, the applicant had passed a bar examination of another stat... | [
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DIMOND, Justice.
Appellant is the owner of two waterfront lots situated on the east side of Resurrection Bay, across the bay from the City of Seward, Alaska. The lots are located along the coastline between waterfront property owned by appellee, Hundley, and the Nash Highway which connects with the Seward Highway.
. Hu... | [
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DIMOND, Justice.
After a -civil trial jury of twelve with one alternate juror had been impaneled and sworn, appellant moved to dismiss the jury and to have another impaneled on the ground that the impaneling of the jury did not conform to the requirements of statute. The motion was denied by the court below. Appellant ... | [
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OPINION
BRYNER, Chief Judge.
Following a jury trial presided over by Acting Superior Court Judge Larry C. Zer-vos, Rodney L. Willett was convicted of one count of interference with official proceedings and one count of assault in the second degree. Willett appeals his convictions, contending that there was insufficient... | [
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OPINION
EASTAUGH, Justice.
I. INTRODUCTION
Beluga Mining Company held mining claims located on lands held in trust by the State for the benefit of the Alaska Mental Health Lands Trust. A preliminary injunction entered in litigation over the State's handling of the Mental Health Trust lands prevented the State from issu... | [
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ORDER
On consideration of the emergency petition for review, filed on July 30, 1991, the response to the petition, filed on August 2, 1991, and the reply to the response, filed on August 5, 1991,
IT IS ORDERED:
1. The emergency petition for review is granted.
2. The temporary restraining order of July 24, 1991, is reve... | [
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OPINION
Before NESBETT, C. J., and DIMOND and RABINOWITZ, JJ.
RABINOWITZ, Justice.
Appellant Doris Harris slipped and fell while shopping for groceries in appellee's store. She then sued appellee for personal injuries allegedly sustained as a result of the fall. At trial the jury returned a verdict in appellee's favor.... | [
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OPINION
BURKE, Justice.
Allan G. ("Grant") Doyle, Jr. and Patricia Doyle were married in October 1966 and divorced in December 1989. The marriage produced two children: a daughter, emancipated at the time of the divorce; and a son, Allan G. Doyle III (Allan), born April 25, 1972.
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NESBETT, Chief Justice.
After a contested trial on the divorce complaint of appellant Virginia Glasgow and on the counterclaim of appellee Charles Glasgow, the trial court granted a divorce to appellant but awarded custody of the three minor children of the parties to the appellee father.
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DIMOND, Justice.
Appellant was indicted, tried and convicted of the crime of living with a prostitute. He appeals, claiming that the indictment was fatally defective for failure to charge a crime, and that the trial court erred in failing to give to the jury an instruction requested by appellant.
The Indictment
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OPINION
MOORE, Justice.
This case concerns events surrounding the National Bank of Alaska's (NBA) foreclosure of Michael Barber's duplex property. Barber appeals the superior court's grant of partial summary judgment and directed verdict. The superior court dismissed by summary judgment Barber's claims under the federa... | [
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