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Red Hook Construction, LLC v. Randall C. Bishop, Teresa C. Bishop, and Richard Putnam (10/4/2024) sp-7726
[Procedure, Civil] (Rule 60(b)(1) motion for relief from judgmment)
Winco Anchorage Investors I, LP v. Huffman Building P, LLC and Municipality of Anchorage, Zoning Board of Examiners and Appeals (10/4/2024) sp-7725
[Administrative Agencies] (appeal of zoning decisions)
[Procedure, Appellate] (appeal of zoning decisions)
Baxter Senior Living, LLC v. Zurich American Insurance Company (9/27/2024) sp-7724
[Contracts] (insurance policies as adhesion contracts; ambiguous contracts)
Laura J. O’Brien v. Francis X. Delaplain, Kassandra Spencer, Kenneth M. O’Brien, Willis A. Ehlers, and the Central Council of Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska (9/27/2024) sp-7723
[Constitutional] (constitutional liberty interest in care of children)
[Family Law] (interviewing children in custody cases)
[Procedure, Appellate] (defer to trial court on conflicting evidence)
City of Soldotna v. State of Alaska, Local Boundary Commission (9/27/2024) sp-7722
[Administrative Agencies] (administrative regulation presumed valid)
[Municipal Corporations] (annexation; Local Boundary Commission)
Frank Griswold v. City of Homer (9/20/2024) sp-7721
[Administrative Agencies] (standard of review, appeal from admin agency)
[Municipal Corporations] (appeal of zoning decisions)
In the Matter of the Estate of: Paul Arthur Bentley (9/20/2024) sp-7720
[Probate] (choice-of-law and after-married spouse)
Jerry McCavit and Brenda McCavit v. Randy Lacher, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Louis Lacher (9/6/2024) sp-7719
[Procedure, Civil] (defer to trial judge; credibility, weighing evidence)
[Real Estate] (factors for deciding water rights dispute)
Rosalind M. v. State of Alaska, Department of Family & Community Services, Office of Children's Services; and Ingrid A. (Mother); and Togiak Traditional Council (9/6/2024) sp-7718
Gregory Numann v. Diane Gallant f/k/a Diane Numann (9/6/2024) sp-7717
James Williams and Susie Williams v. John Strong and Municipality of Anchorage, John Strong v. James Williams, Susie Williams, and Municipality of Anchorage (9/6/2024) sp-7716
[Contracts] (contract statute of limitations, “inquiry notice“)
[Damages] (punitive damages)
[Procedure, Civil] (requirements for using res judicata)
ITMO the Necessity for the Hospitalization of Kara K. (8/30/2024) sp-7715
[Constitutional] (due process in involuntary commitment case)
[Family Law] (involuntary commitment)
[Statutory Construction] (plain meaning rule; expressio unius)
Daniel Anderson, et al. v. Kirk and Julie Wilson (8/30/2024) sp-7714
[Attorneys and Judges] (several reasons to remand fee award)
[Procedure, Civil] (defer to trial court on conflicting evidence)
Austin J. Joy Jr. and Regena S. Joy v. Randy Hahn and Best Split Firewood, LLC (8/30/2024) sp-7713
[Contracts] (lease agreement with purchase option)
[Procedure, Civil] (unresolved facts; summary judgment inappropriate)
Anton K. v. State of Alaska, Department of Family & Community Services, Office of Children's Services (8/30/2024) sp-7712
[Family Law] (ICWA “active efforts” by incarcerated parent)
Oscar M., a Minor v. Marilyn P. and Shawn M. (8/30/2024) sp-7711
[Family Law] (child’s intervention in child custody case)
Blake J. v. State of Alaska, Department of Health & Social Services, Office of Children's Services; Philip Kaufman; John Does 1-10; and Alexa J. (8/23/2024) sp-7710
[Equity] (collateral estoppel; equitable tolling)
[Probate] (difference: incapacitated and incompetent)
[Procedure, Civil] (collateral estoppel)
[Torts] (2 year statute of limitations; age of majority)
Samuel Amos v. David E. Tidwell and State of Alaska, Workers' Compensation Benefits Guaranty Fund (7/26/2024) sp-7709
[Workers' Compensation] (who is an “employer”?)
Patrick H. Torrence v. Tyler Blue (7/19/2024) sp-7708
[Attorneys and Judges] (judge’s duty to self-represented litigants)
[Procedure, Civil] (motion to dismiss disfavored)
J. M. v. S. C. (7/19/2024) sp-7707
[Family Law] (motion to modify, two steps; parents out of state move; preference for custody agreement, but not binding on court)
Cynthia Aiken; Janet Carter; and Regional Alcohol and Drug Abuse Counselor Training Program v. Alaska Addiction Professionals Association; NAADAC, the Association for Addiction Professionals; Diane Ogilvie; and Akeela, Inc. (7/19/2024) sp-7706
[Attorneys and Judges] (fees when party not liable for damages)
[Evidence] (trial court’s duty to weigh conflicting evidence)
[Procedure, Civil] (trial court’s duty to weigh conflicting evidence)
Adam F. v. Caitlin B. (7/12/2024) sp-7705
[Family Law] (visitation not taken away except for extraordinary circumstances)
[Procedure, Civil] (continuance when counsel withdraws)
In the Matter of the Necessity for the Hospitalization of K. B. (7/12/2024) sp-7704
[Attorneys and Judges] (right to counsel involuntary commitment proceedings)
Janice L. Park v. Bradley Brown and Karen Brown (6/7/2024) sp-7703, 549 P3d 934
[Attorneys and Judges] (proving judicial bias)
[Real Estate] (adverse possession)
Seth Lookhart, DMD v. State of Alaska, Board of Dental Examiners (5/24/2024) sp-7702, 548 P3d 1094
[Administrative Agencies] (discipline, professional licensing board)
Matthew J. Fischer v. Kenai Peninsula Borough School District (5/24/2024) sp-7701, 548 P3d 1086
[Contracts] (required to mitigate damages)
Cooper Leasing, LLC v. The Woronzof Condominium Association, The Woronzof Condominium Association v. Cooper Leasing, LLC (5/17/2024) sp-7700, 548 P3d 636
[Equity] (equitable estoppel and quasi estoppel)
[Real Estate] (condominiums)
Alaska Trappers Association, Inc., and National Trappers Association, Inc. v. City of Valdez (5/10/2024) sp-7699, 548 P3d 332
[Municipal Corporations] (local ordinance conflicts with state law)
Jay Jespersen v. Tri-City Air and Alaska Insurance Guaranty Company (5/3/2024) sp-7698, 547 P3d 1042
[Workers' Compensation] (Board decides the weight of medical testimony)
City of Valdez v. Regulatory Commission of Alaska, Hilcorp Alaska, LLC, Harvest Alaska, LLC, Harvest Midstream I, L.P., Hilcorp Energy I, L.P., Hilcorp Energy Company, BP Pipelines (Alaska) Inc., and BP Corporation North America Inc (5/3/2024) sp-7697, 548 P3d 1067
[Procedure, Civil] (standing, exhaust remedies, mootness)
In the Matter of the Necessity for the Hospitalization of Dominic N. (4/26/2024) sp-7696, 548 P3d 630
[Family Law] (involuntary commitment)
[Procedure, Appellate] (standard of review, commitment case)
Yvonne Ito v. Copper River Native Association (4/26/2024) sp-7695, 547 P3d 1003
[Federal Issues] (sovereign immunity; Indian tribes)
[Procedure, Appellate] (doctrine of stare decisis)
City of Valdez v. Prince William Sound Oil Spill Response Corporation, State of Alaska, Department of Revenue, and State Assessment Review Board (4/19/2024) sp-7694, 548 P3d 616
[Administrative Agencies] (assessing taxes on oil properties)
[Procedure, Appellate] (standard of review, administrative appeals)
[Statutory Construction] (several maxims of statutory construction)
State of Alaska v. Brennan Adam Grubb (4/12/2024) sp-7693, 546 P3d 586
[Criminal] (restitution in criminal cases)
[Damages] (compare restitution in criminal cases with damages in tort cases)
Jacob G. v. Savanah F. (3/29/2024) sp-7692, 545 P3d 885
[Attorneys and Judges] (fee award in DVPO cases)
[Criminal] (custodial interference in the first degree)
[Family Law] (custodial interference)
Mitchel Patrick Wolfgram v. Nadirah Vonshe Davis-Perkins (3/22/2024) sp-7691, 545 P3d 444
[Family Law] (psychological parent)
State of Alaska v. John William Mckelvey III (3/8/2024) sp-7690, 544 P3d 632
[Constitutional] (open view doctrine; aerial surveillance)
[Criminal] (search by aerial surveillance)
Liz Vazquez, Chris Duke, Randy Eledge, Steve Strait, and Kathryn Werdahl v. Lt. Governor Nancy Dahlstrom, in her Official Capacity as Lt. Governor for the State of Alaska (3/1/2024) sp-7689, 544 P3d 1178
[Constitutional] (three requirements to be a legislator)
Tuyen Dinh v. Matthew Raines and Melissa Clayton (2/23/2024) sp-7688, 544 P3d 1156
[Real Estate] (URLTA)
Lee E. Baker, Jr. v. Kenneth M. Duffus (2/16/2024) sp-7687, 542 P3d 1153
[Real Estate] (UTPA and real estate transactions)
Societe Financial, LLC d/b/a Alaska ATM, and James Dainis, individually v. MJ Corporation d/b/a Shell and 15th Grill (2/16/2024) sp-7686, 542 P3d 1159
[Business, Commercial/Labor Law] (piercing the corporate veil)
[Contracts] (proving breach of contract)
[Torts] (proving conversion)
State of Alaska, DFCS, Office of Children’s Services v. Brett Lane (2/9/2024) sp-7685, 542 P3d 1124
[Damages] (joinder of third party defendant)
[Procedure, Civil] (joinder of third party defendant)
[Torts] (retaliation; wrongful discharge)
Native Village of Kwinhagak v. State of Alaska, DHSS, OCS (2/9/2024) sp-7684, 542 P3d 1099
[Family Law] (OCS authority to commit ward to hospital)
Courtney Guerra, as Personal Representative of the Estate of James Francis Goard v. Robert Nesbitt and John Wallace (2/2/2024) sp-7683, 542 P3d 654
[Probate] (beneficiaries cannot sue attorney for personal rep.)
[Torts] (malpractice by attorney for estate personal rep,)
Lisa Thompson v. United Services Automobile Association and Matthew Mrzena (1/26/2024) sp-7682, 542 P3d 222
[Business, Commercial/Labor Law] (construing insurance policies)
Jason Thomas Armstrong v. Lacie Rebecca Ann Chance (1/19/2024) sp-7681, 541 P3d 1128
[Family Law] (domestic violence protective order, subject matter jurisdiction and personal jurisdiction)
Tara R. v. State of Alaska, DFCS, OCS, State of Alaska, DFCS, OCS v. C.B. & M.B., Dan J. v. State of Alaska, DFCS, OCS (1/12/2024) sp-7680, 541 P3d 530
[Family Law] (preference to place children with family members; inherently temporary role of foster parents)

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