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(From 1/1/2016)

In Re Estate of Baker (12/30/2016) sp-7143
[Probate] (holographic wills)
Chevron U.S.A., Inc. v. State, Dept. of Revenue (12/16/2016) sp-7142
[Administrative Agencies] (agency decision vs. regulation)
Hudson v. Citibank (South Dakota) NA (12/16/2016) sp-7141
[Business, Commercial/Labor Law] (the law favors arbitration)
Long v. Arnold (12/16/2016) sp-7140
[Evidence] (expert testimony)
[Torts] (causation; expert testimony on causation)
In Re Stepovich (12/16/2016) sp-7139
[Attorneys and Judges] (sanction for violating ethics rule 8.1©)
Bachner Company Incorporated v. State, Dept. of Administration (12/9/2016) sp-7138
[Administrative Agencies] (Alaska Procurement Code)
Bockus v. First Student Services (12/2/2016) sp-7137, 384 P3d 801
Thomas v. Archer (12/2/2016) sp-7136, 384 P3d 791
[Contracts] (promissory estoppel; physician-patient fiduciary duty)
[Procedure, Appellate] (in review of summary judgment, draw reasonable inferences in favor of non-moving party)
[Torts] (physician-patient fiduciary duty)
Brandner v. Providence Health & Services - Washington (11/25/2016) sp-7135, 384 P3d 773
[Constitutional] (due process requires notice and hearing; waiver of constitutional rights)
Small v. Sayre (11/25/2016) sp-7134, 384 P3d 785
[Procedure, Appellate] (jury verdict, waive appeal if not raised below)
In Re Necessity for the Hospitalization of Jacob S. (11/18/2016) sp-7133, 384 P3d 758
[Procedure, Appellate] (deference to trial court findings of fact)
[Procedure, Civil] (telephonic testimony)
Metcalfe v. State (11/4/2016) sp-7132
[Constitutional] (re-enrollment in PERS)
Joy B. v. State, Dept. of Health & Social Services, Office of Children's Services (10/26/2016) sp-7131
[Family Law] (terminate parent rights)
Eder v. M-K Rivers (10/21/2016) sp-7130
[Workers' Compensation] (Waiver of copying fees for indigent)
State, Dept. of Transportation & Public Facilities v. Alaska Laser Wash, Inc. (10/21/2016) sp-7129
[Real Estate] (condemnation, business relocation)
Windel v. Carnahan (9/23/2016) sp-7128
[Procedure, Civil] (Rule 68 analysis)
Jones v. Westbrook (9/23/2016) sp-7127
[Attorneys and Judges] (lawyer malpractice; 3-year statute of limitations; claim only accrues when plaintiff suffers injury)
[Contracts] (3-year statute of limitations)
Fink v. Municipality of Anchorage (9/16/2016) sp-7126
[Procedure, Appellate] (defer to trial court on issues of fact)
[Real Estate] (deed interpretation; quiet tile vs. ejectment)
Abby D. v. Sue Y. (9/2/2016) sp-7125
[Family Law] (“Turner Preference”; no hearing, motion to modify)
Flint Hills Resources Alaska, LLC v. Williams Alaska Petroleum, Inc. (8/26/2016) sp-7124
[Statutory Construction] (interpretation, extrinsic evidence)
Marshall v. Peter (8/26/2016) sp-7123
[Attorneys and Judges] (when Rule 86 fees apply)
[Procedure, Civil] (when Rule 86 fees apply)
[Torts] (rear-end auto accident)
Johnson v. State, Dept. of Corrections (8/26/2016) sp-7122
[Criminal] (points on appeal)
[Procedure, Appellate] (points on appeal, criminal case)
[Statutory Construction] (interpret statute’s meaning)
Thomas v. State, Dept. of Environmental Conservation, Division of Environmental Health, Food Safety & Sanitation (8/26/2016) sp-7121
[Business, Commercial/Labor Law] (public employee, continued employment)
[Contracts] (implied covenant of good faith)
[Torts] (whistleblower act)
del Rosario v. Clare (8/26/2016) sp-7120
[Family Law] (court has discretion to interpret its own order)
Cornelison v. TIG Insurance (8/12/2016) sp-7119
[Torts] (issues involving video surveillance; abuse of process; UTPA; Interfere with Contract; Fraud; Malpractice; IIED, NIED)
[Workers' Compensation] (video surveillance; exclusive remedy immunity; fraud)
Bingman v. City of Dillingham (8/12/2016) sp-7118
[Contracts] (offeree must unequivocally accept; silence not acceptance)
Collier v. Harris (8/12/2016) sp-7117
[Family Law] (new “custody schedule”)
Sellers v. Kurdilla (8/12/2016) sp-7116
[Procedure, Civil] (relation back under Rule 15©)
Jackson v. Municipality of Anchorage (8/5/2016) sp-7115, 375 P3d 1166
[Procedure, Civil] (discovery rule, an issue of fact)
Planned Parenthood of the Great Northwest v. State (7/22/2016) sp-7114
[Constitutional] (abortion; parental notification unconstitutional)
Lee-Magana v. Carpenter (7/1/2016) sp-7113
[Attorneys and Judges] (fee awards; long-term DV protective orders)
[Family Law] (fee awards; long-term DV protective orders)
In Re Necessity for the Hospitalization of Mark V. (7/1/2016) sp-7112
[Family Law] (involuntary 72-hour commitment)
[Procedure, Appellate] (when court will consider moot claim)
Huit v. Ashwater Burns, Inc., 372 P3d 904 (6/17/2016) sp-7111
[Procedure, Appellate] (piecemeal appeals, remand not final judgment; stare decisis)
[Workers' Compensation] (how employer rebuts compensability presumption)
Young v. State (6/17/2016) sp-7110
[Criminal] (new test for eyewitness identification)
Clementine F. v. State, Dept. of Health & Social Services, Office of Children's Services (6/17/2016) sp-7109
[Family Law] (OCS dismissal of CINA case)
[Procedure, Civil] (AG’;s power to initiate or dispose of cases)
Law Offices of Steven D. Smith, P.C. v. Ceccarelli (6/17/2016) sp-7108
[Attorneys and Judges] (attorney’s lien)
Jerry B. v. Sally B. (6/10/2016) sp-7107
[Attorneys and Judges] (judge on related cases, no disqualification)
[Evidence] ((judicial notice of criminal conviction)
[Family Law] ((property division: no reliance on fault, marital assets spent after separation, child support a distinct issue)
In Re Ivy (5/20/2016) sp-7106
[Attorneys and Judges] (disbarment proceedings)
Herring v. Herring (5/13/2016) sp-7105
[Family Law] (review property agreement using contract law)
Lingley v. Alaska Airlines, Inc. (5/13/2016) sp-7104
[Business, Commercial/Labor Law] (termination claim based on state law, not CBA)
[Torts] (termination claim based on state law, not CBA)
Luther v. Lander (5/13/2016) sp-7103
[Evidence] (when evidence of medicals is admissible)
[Procedure, Appellate] (when exclusion of evidence is harmless error)
[Torts] (when evidence of medicals is admissible)
Sherrill v. Sherrill (5/13/2016) sp-7102
[Family Law] (jurisdiction: property division, custody, support)
City of Kenai v. Cook Inlet Natural Gas Storage Alaska, LLC (5/6/2016) sp-7101
[Real Estate] (mineral estate, surface vs. subsurface)
[Statutory Construction] (construing statutes vs. deeds)
City of Valdez v. State (4/29/2016) sp-7100
[Municipal Corporations] (“assessment” of oil and gas property)
[Statutory Construction] (Three metrics for interpreting a statute)
Timothy G. v. State, Dept. of Health & Social Services, Office of Children's Services (4/29/2016) sp-7099
[Torts] (when disability tolls statute of limitations)
State, Office of Public Advocacy, Office of Elder Fraud & Assistance v. Estate of Jean R. (4/22/2016) sp-7098
[Probate] (elder fraud proceeding)
Sweeney v. Organ (4/15/2016) sp-7097
[Family Law] (custody issue; focus on child well-being)
Vandenberg v. State, Dept. of Health & Social Services (4/8/2016) sp-7096
[Workers' Compensation] (reemployment benefits)
Attorneys Liability Protection Society, Inc. v. Ingaldson Fitzgerald, P.C. (3/25/2016) sp-7095
[Business, Commercial/Labor Law] (insurer duty to defend, reimburse)
State v. Fyfe (3/25/2016) sp-7094
[Criminal] (double fine for title 28 violations)
State v. Central Council of Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska (3/25/2016) sp-7093
[Family Law] (child support, tribal court jurisdiction)
Beeson v. City of Palmer (3/25/2016) sp-7092
[Constitutional] (inverse condemnation, water damage)
[Municipal Corporations] (inverse condemnation, water damage)
[Real Estate] (inverse condemnation, water damage)
Pursche v. Matanuska-Susitna Borough (3/25/2016) sp-7091
[Real Estate] (tax foreclose; tax on former federal land)
Richards v. University of Alaska (3/18/2016) sp-7090
[Constitutional] ((due process, academic dismissal from UAF)
In Re T.V. (3/18/2016) sp-7089
[Procedure, Civil] (service of process required)
Moira M. v. State, Dept. of Health & Social Services, Office of Children's Services (3/18/2016) sp-7088
[Family Law] (visitation review hearing not required)
Mitchell v. Mitchell (3/18/2016) sp-7087
[Family Law] (funds withdrawn from IRA are “income”)
Trevor M. v. State, Dept. of Health & Social Services, Office of Children's Services (3/11/2016) sp-7086
[Family Law] (terminate parental rights, abandonment)
Apline Energy, LLC v. Matanuska Electric Association (3/4/2016) sp-7085
[Procedure, Appellate] (defer to agency interpretation of its regulations)
Alaska Trustee, LLC v. Ambridge (3/4/2016) sp-7084
[Business, Commercial/Labor Law] (Fair Debt Collection Practices Act)
[Real Estate] (FDCPA and nonjudicial foreclosures)
Martinez-Morales v. Martens (2/19/2016) sp-7083
[Evidence] (expert testimony)
[Procedure, Appellate] (mootness doctrine)
Bernard v. Alaska Airlines, Inc. (2/12/2016) sp-7082
[Business, Commercial/Labor Law] (wrongful termination; exhaust remedies)
Limeres v. Limeres (2/12/2016) sp-7081
[Attorneys and Judges] (Rule 82 requires motion and response)
[Family Law] (child support based on self-employment)
Gunn v. Gunn (2/5/2016) sp-7080
[Contracts] (principles for interpreting contract)
Seybert v. Alsworth (2/5/2016) sp-7079
[Administrative Agencies] (conflict of interest, dual remedies; primary jurisdiction)
[Procedure, Civil] (conflict of interest, dual remedies; primary jurisdiction)
In Re Necessity for the Hospitalization of Heather R. (1/29/2016) sp-7078
[Family Law] ((involuntary 72-hour commitmen)
[Procedure, Appellate] (when court will consider moot claim)
Botson v. Municipality of Anchorage (1/15/2016) sp-7077
[Constitutional] (DUI conviction; waiver of chemical test)
[Criminal] (DUI conviction; breath test error)
Denny M. v. State, Dept. of Health & Social Services, Office of Children's Services (1/13/2016) sp-7076
[Family Law] (termination under ICWA; active efforts)
State v. Ketchikan Gateway Borough (1/8/2016) sp-7075
[Constitutional] (state funding of school district)
Sharpe v. Sharpe (1/8/2016) sp-7074
[Family Law] (Rule 90.3; unreasonable unemployment)

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