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Recent Alaska Supreme Court Opinions
(From 1/1/2018)

Nageak v. Mallott (8/31/2018) sp-7286
[Administrative Agencies] (election contest vs. election recount)
Lee v. Sheldon (8/31/2018) sp-7285
[Attorneys and Judges] (enforceability of arbitration decisions; enhanced fee award based on vexatious conduct)
Huber v. State, Dept. of Corrections (8/31/2018) sp-7284
State, Dept. of Natural Resources v. Alaskan Crude Corporation (8/31/2018) sp-7283
[Contracts] (anticipatory breach)
[Procedure, Appellate] (deferential standard of review)
Tomal v. Anderson (8/31/2018) sp-7282
[Attorneys and Judges] (divorce exception to Tule 82 attorney’s fees)
[Family Law] (domestic partnership; divorce exception to fee)
Geldermann v. Geldermann (8/31/2018) sp-7281
[Family Law] (change in circumstances; judge can decide custody and child support without specific motion)
Alaska State Commission for Human Rights v. Anderson (8/31/2018) sp-7280
[Administrative Agencies] (authority of administrative agencies)
[Procedure, Civil] (only appearing doesn’t satisfy a subpoena)
[Statutory Construction] (expressio unius)
State v. Alaska Democratic Party (8/24/2018) sp-7279
[Constitutional] (party affiliation rule)
Boiko v. Kapolchok (8/24/2018) sp-7278
[Attorneys and Judges] (fee when no money judgment, no trial; corporations must appear by attorney; defer to trial judge on fee issue)
[Procedure, Appellate] (defer to trial judge on attorney fee issue)
[Procedure, Civil] (invalid Rule 68 joint offer; corporations must appear by attorney)
HDI-Gerling America Insurance Company v. Carlile Transportation Systems, Inc. (8/24/2018) sp-7277
[Procedure, Civil] (jury instructions, essential term; failure to object)
Eberhart v. Alaska Public Offices Commission (8/24/2018) sp-7276
[Administrative Agencies] (APOC rule re: municipal email)
[Procedure, Appellate] (deference to agency statute interpretations)
[Statutory Construction] (deference to agency statute interpretations)
Ball v. Allstate Insurance Company (8/17/2018) sp-7275
[Business, Commercial/Labor Law] (construing auto insurance policy)
Gordon v. Gordon (8/10/2018) sp-7273
[Family Law] (coverture fraction, retirement medical benefit)
Brennan v. Brennan (8/10/2018) sp-7272
[Family Law] (3-step property division; transmute separate property)
Weathers v. Weathers (8/10/2018) sp-7271
[Family Law] (due process in child custody matters; neither parent has preference for custody)
State, Dept. of Public Safety v. Doe I (8/10/2018) sp-7270
[Criminal] (when ASORA applies to other state convictions)
Daves v. McKinley (8/10/2018) sp-7269
[Family Law] (custody; grandparent vs. biological parent)
Whalen v. Whalen (8/10/2018) sp-7268
[Family Law] (1 year domestic violence protective order)
Mallot v. Stand for Salmon (8/8/2018) sp-7274
[Constitutional] (prohibition of allocation in ballot initiative)
Mengisteab v. Oates (8/3/2018) sp-7267
[Family Law] (analysis when parent moves out-of-state; court may give enhanced attention to one best interests factor)
Brooks Range Petroleum Corporation v. Shearer (7/27/2018) sp-7266
[Procedure, Civil] (proper venue for tort and contract cases)
Jensen D. v. State, Dept. of Health & Social Services, Office of Children's Services (7/27/2018) sp-7265
[Constitutional] (right to self-representation)
Vince B. v. Sarah B. (7/27/2018) sp-7264
Pingree v. Cossette (7/27/2018) sp-7263
[Family Law] (custody is judge’s most difficult issue)
[Procedure, Appellate] (defer to trial court, witness credibility)
Gross v. Wilson (7/27/2018) sp-7262
[Family Law] (disability benefits not marital property; USGSPA)
[Procedure, Civil] (Rule 60(b))
Arcticorp v. C Care Services, LLC (7/20/2018) sp-7261
[Business, Commercial/Labor Law] (proving garnishee has debtor property)
[Procedure, Appellate] (waiver of issues not briefed or raised below)
Estate of Seward (7/20/2018) sp-7260
[Probate] (determination of paternity during probate)
Keenan v. Meyer (7/20/2018) sp-7259
[Attorneys and Judges] (grounds for enhanced fees)
[Damages] (loss of use damages)
Fink v. Municipality of Anchorage (7/20/2018) sp-7258
[Municipal Corporations] (presumption of correctness, municipal ordinance)
Nicolos v. North Slope Borough (7/13/2018) sp-7257
[Administrative Agencies] (ADA and AHRA, grounds for discharge)
Laura B. v. Wade B. (7/6/2018) sp-7256
[Constitutional] (due process in child custody motion)
[Family Law] (due process in child custody motion)
Miller v. Fowler (6/29/2018) sp-7255
[Contracts] (extrinsic evidence even for unambiguous K)
[Torts] (discovery rule)
Hester v. Landau (6/29/2018) sp-7254
[Probate] (only PR can appear for estate in court)
[Statutory Construction] (several rules for statutory construction)
Harrold-Jones v. Drury (6/22/2018) sp-7253
[Procedure, Civil] (ex parte contact, discovery of medical records)
[Torts] (ex parte contact, discovery of medical records)
Manning v. State, Dept. of Fish & Game (6/22/2018) sp-7252
[Attorneys and Judges] (constitutional litigant fees)
[Procedure, Appellate] (issues forfeited by pro se litigant)
[Procedure, Civil] (when amended complaint is futile)
Public Safety Employees Association v. City of Fairbanks (6/15/2018) sp-7251
[Administrative Agencies] (bad faith under PERA)
[Municipal Corporations] (presumption of regularity; bad faith under PERA)
Cottini v. Berggren (6/15/2018) sp-7250
[Attorneys and Judges] (agent’s right to reimbursement for fees)
Solomon v. Solomon (6/8/2018) sp-7249
[Family Law] (findings for history of domestic violence)
[Procedure, Civil] (burden on party requesting continuance)
Kailyn S. v. State, Dept. of Health & Social Services, Office of Children's Services (6/1/2018) sp-7248
[Family Law] (CINA case. Child’s need for permanence))
Maxwell v. Sosnowski (5/18/2018) sp-7247
[Family Law] (credit for post-separation payments)
Dunmore v. Dunmore (5/11/2018) sp-7246
[Family Law] (Use of Social Security in property division)
Kang v. Mullins (5/11/2018) sp-7245
[Workers' Compensation] (definition of “employer”)
Wiegers v. Richards-Wiegers (5/11/2018) sp-7244
[Family Law] (valuation of business and retirement health benefits)
Dean S. v. State, Dept. of Health & Social Services, Office of Children's Services (5/11/2018) sp-7243
[Family Law] (withdraw consent to adoption)
Hahn v. GEICO Choice Insurance Company (5/11/2018) sp-7242
[Procedure, Civil] (when declaratory judgment is appropriate)
Burke v. Raven Electric, Inc. (5/11/2018) sp-7241
[Workers' Compensation] (exclusive remedy not unconstitutional)
Jordan v. State (5/4/2018) sp-7240
[Constitutional] (no harmless error review of constitutional issuec)
[Criminal] (no harmless error review of constitutional issue)
Wyman v. Whitson (5/4/2018) sp-7239
[Family Law] (a child support by self-employed parent)
Lane v. City & Borough of Juneau (4/27/2018) sp-7238
[Procedure, Appellate] (lenient standard for withstanding summary judgment)
[Torts] (municipal discretionary function immunity and, employee official immunity; vicarious liability)
Walker v. State, Dept. of Corrections (4/27/2018) sp-7237
[Constitutional] (prisoner constitutional rights)
Pederson v. Arctic Slope Regional Corporation (4/13/2018) sp-7236
[Business, Commercial/Labor Law] (right to inspect corporate books)
[Procedure, Civil] (trial proceeds when party is voluntarily absent)
Riddle v. Lanser (4/6/2018) sp-7235
[Torts] (private nuisance; Right to Farm Act)
State v. Ranstead (4/6/2018) sp-7234
[Criminal] (must object to probation/parole conditions)
Holmes v. Holmes (3/30/2018) sp-7233
[Family Law] (self-employment income; predicting future income and visitation; modify order and res judicata)
Pease-Madore v. State, Dept. of Corrections (3/30/2018) sp-7232
[Administrative Agencies] (inmate disciplinary proceedings)
Lindbo v. Colaska, Inc. (3/23/2018) sp-7231
[Evidence] (evidence of prior conviction; drug use)
[Procedure, Civil] (spoliation instruction; refreshing witness recollection; closing argument vouching statement)
Schack v. Schack (3/23/2018) sp-7230
[Torts] (NIED; extending the bystander exception)
Alaska Association of Naturopathic Physicians v. State, Division of Corporations, Business & Professional Licensing (3/16/2018) sp-7229
[Administrative Agencies] (“drugs” vs. “dietetics”; AG opinions)
[Statutory Construction] (interpret statute: use sliding scale; interpret regulation: burden of proof)
Toni 1 Trust v. Wacker (3/2/2018) sp-7228
[Procedure, Civil] (Alaska jurisdiction over other state cases)
Hooks v. Alaska USA Federal Credit Union (3/2/2018) sp-7227
[Attorneys and Judges] (proving trial judge’s “judicial bias”)
[Constitutional] (summary judgment not denial of due process)
[Procedure, Appellate] (leniency for pro se litigants on appeal)
Diego K. v. State, Dept. of Health & Social Services, Office of Children's Services (2/23/2018) sp-7226, 411 P3d 622
[Family Law] (ICWA findings require admissible evidence)
Farr v. Little (2/23/2018) sp-7225, 411 P3d 630
[Family Law] (child support based on imputed income)
Olivera v. Rude-Olivera (2/16/2018) sp-7224
[Attorneys and Judges] (enhanced fee for party with stronger finances)
[Evidence] (real estate value, landowner testimony)
[Procedure, Appellate] (defer to trial court findings)
[Procedure, Civil] (discovery rules liberally construed; superior court discretion)
[Real Estate] (real estate value, landowner testimony)
Kessler v. Kessler (2/16/2018) sp-7223
[Family Law] (transmutation by implied interspousal gift)
Wassillie v. State (2/16/2018) sp-7222
[Criminal] (conviction based on flawed indictment)
[Evidence] (business records exception, police reports)
State, Dept. of Health & Social Services, Office of Children's Services v. Michelle P. (2/9/2018) sp-7221
[Family Law] (jurisdiction in CINA case not dependent on disposition order)
[Procedure, Civil] (uncontested motion need not be granted))
[Statutory Construction] (inconsistent court rule and statute)
Odom v. State, Division of Corporations, Business & Professional Licensing (2/9/2018) sp-7220
Reeves v. Godspeed Properties, LLC (1/26/2018) sp-7219
[Real Estate] (interpreting a deed, three-step process; extinguish easement by prescription)
Beecher v. City of Cordova (1/19/2018) sp-7218
[Business, Commercial/Labor Law] (motion for accounting)
[Procedure, Civil] (motion for accounting)
Moore v. McGillis (1/12/2018) sp-7217
[Family Law] (psychological parent; custody change interfere with telephone communication; reappearance of biological parent; stepparent support obligation)
Ruerup v. Ruerup (1/12/2018) sp-7216
[Family Law] (domestic violence custody presumption; modify or dissolve protective order)
Kiva O. v. State, Dept. of Health & Social Services, Office of Children's Services (1/5/2018) sp-7215
[Constitutional] (right to consent to medical treatment of child)
[Family Law] ((psychiatric drug for child in OCS custody)

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