ADMINISTRATIVE LAW Supreme Court of Alaska (2024) Madison Detweiler In City of Valdez v. Regul. Comm’n of Alaska, 548 P.3d 1067 (Alaska 2024), reh’g denied (May 31, 2024), the supreme court held that interested parties must exhaust all reasonably available administrative remedies before seeking judicial review of a Regulatory Commission of Alaska (RCA) decision that (1) denied Continue Reading »
PROPERTY LAW Supreme Court of Alaska (2024) Caitlyn Leary In Cooper Leasing, LLC v. Woronzof Condominium Ass’n, 548 P.3d 636 (Alaska 2024), the Supreme Court held that equitable doctrines could not defeat an owner’s recorded title to condominium common areas without the owner’s clear intention to transfer the property interest. (Id. at 651–53). The Woronzof Continue Reading »
PROPERTY LAW Supreme Court of Alaska (2024) Jack Jeffrey In Griswold v. City of Homer, No. S-18608, 2024 WL 4246636 (Alaska Sept. 20, 2024), the supreme court held that a detached dwelling unit does not need a conditional use permit provided that it is an accessory building to a principal single-family dwelling. (Id. at 263). Continue Reading »
EMPLOYMENT LAW Supreme Court of Alaska (2024) Holly Merrill In Jesperson v. Tri-City Air, 547 P.3d 1042 (Alaska 2024), the supreme court held that the Alaska Worker’s Compensation Board did not abuse its discretion, and that there was substantial evidence to support its decision to deny a pilot’s worker’s compensation for medical care rendered over Continue Reading »
TAX LAW Supreme Court of Alaska (2024) Brendan Genaw In City of Valdez v. Prince William Sound Oil Spill Response Corp., 548 P.3d 616 (Alaska 2024), the supreme court affirmed the lower court holding that Alaska’s three-year statute of limitations on tax assessments, AS 43.05.260, applied, and the Department of Revenue (“Revenue”) cannot retroactively assess Continue Reading »
CRIMINAL LAW Supreme Court of Alaska (2024) Caitlyn Leary In State v. McKelvey, 544 P.3d 632 (Alaska 2024), the Supreme Court held that law enforcement may not take photos of a person’s property with a high-power zoom lens from an airplane without a warrant. (Id. at 636). McKelvey lived in a sparsely populated area north Continue Reading »
ADMINISTRATIVE LAW Supreme Court of Alaska (2024) Holly Merrill In Lookhart v. State, Division of Corps., Business, & Professional Licensing, Board of Dental Examiners, 548 P.3d 1094 (Alaska 2024), the supreme court held that the Board of Dental Examiners did not abuse its discretion when it revoked a dentist’s license after the dentist had been Continue Reading »
INSURANCE LAW Supreme Court of Alaska (2024) Scott Tompetrini In Thompson v. United Services Automobile Ass’n, 542 P.3d 222 (Alaska 2024), the supreme court held that an injury caused by a partially deconstructed aircraft fell within an insurance policy’s coverage exception for injuries “arising out of” ownership or use of an aircraft. (Id. at 223–24). Continue Reading »
PROPERTY LAW Supreme Court of Alaska (2024) Scott Tompetrini In Joy v. Hahn, 555 P.3d 3 (Alaska 2024), the supreme court held that a purchase option is enforceable when it contains all the essential terms of an agreement to buy real property. (Id. at 8). Joy leased his property to a commercial tenant, Hahn. (Id. Continue Reading »
PROPERTY LAW Supreme Court of Alaska (2024) Melinda Xiong In Park v. Brown, 549 P.3d 934 (Alaska 2024), the supreme court held that a homeowner’s continuous use of a sliver of her neighbors’ land, including mowing the grass, clearing brush, and planting a tree, constituted adverse possession. (Id. at 943–44). A woman owned a lot Continue Reading »
