BUSINESS LAW Supreme Court of Alaska (2025) Lily Skopp In Johnson v. Albin Carlson & Co., 569 P.3d 1178 (Alaska 2025), the Supreme Court of Alaska determined the trial court abused its discretion by preventing a subcontractor from pursuing certain claims. (Id. at 1184). The lower court’s decision was based on limited discovery documentation without Continue Reading »
BUSINESS LAW Supreme Court of Alaska (2025) Olivia Sontag In Business Doe, LLC v. State, 574 P.3d 1167 (Alaska 2025), the Supreme Court of Alaska held an anonymous letter sent to the Consumer Protection Unit (CPU) of the Alaska Attorney General’s Office provided sufficient basis for the unit to issue a subpoena on a business. Continue Reading »
ADMINISTRATIVE LAW Supreme Court of Alaska (2025) Lily Skopp In Rivera v. State, Department of Administration, Division of Motor Vehicles, 564 P.3d 1040 (Alaska 2025), the Supreme Court of Alaska determined that a driver whose license has been revoked in another state cannot obtain a new driver’s license in Alaska while that revocation is still Continue Reading »
ADMINISTRATIVE LAW Supreme Court of Alaska (2025) Teddy Brodsky In Department of Fish and Game v. Cook Inletkeeper, 576 P.3d 654 (Alaska 2025), the Supreme Court of Alaska held that the Commissioner of the Department of Fish and Game had the authority to repeal a regulation through the rulemaking process. (Id. at 659). Alaska’s Board Continue Reading »
ADMINISTRATIVE LAW Supreme Court of Alaska (2025) Tommy Nowak In Bittner v. Board of Game, 563 P.3d 1123 (Alaska 2025), the Supreme Court of Alaska held that an Alaska resident who alleged an interest-injury caused by amendments to the State’s predator control program, which expanded the killing of bears and wolves, had standing to sue. Continue Reading »
PROPERTY LAW Supreme Court of Alaska (2024) Madison Detweiler In Winco Anchorage Investors I, L.P. v. Huffman Building P, LLC, No. S-18582, 2024 WL 4402218 (Alaska 2024), the supreme court held that a party is not a “person aggrieved” with standing to appeal a zoning decision to the superior court just because (1) they are Continue Reading »
ELECTION LAW Supreme Court of Alaska (2024) Erik Gordon In Vazquez v. State, 544 P.3d 1178 (Alaska 2024), the supreme court held that a person meets the residency requirements to hold elected office if he or she meets the three-year state residency requirement under Title 1 rather than the more stringent requirements of Title 15. Continue Reading »
FAMILY LAW Court of Appeals of Alaska (2024) Erik Gordon In I.J. v. State, 553 P.3d 1263 (Alaska Ct. App. 2024), the court of appeals held that “the least restrictive alternative rule” does not mean that each less restrictive alternative must be attempted when there is sufficient evidence to suggest that the less restrictive measures Continue Reading »
HEALTH LAW Supreme Court of Alaska (2024) Erik Gordon In In the Matter of Kara K., 555 P.3d 26 (Alaska 2024) the supreme court held that the statutory definition of “mental illness” encompasses psychosis resulting from lupus and that the definition does not violate a patient’s right to due process. (Id. at 37–38). Alaska Psychiatric Continue Reading »
PROPERTY LAW Supreme Court of Alaska (2024) Erik Gordon In Dinh v. Raines, 544 P.3d 1156 (2024), the supreme court held that violations of the warrant of habitability allow for recovery but not double recovery, willful diminution of services applies to utilities but not internet and cable, and failure to deliver possession of property does Continue Reading »
