Friday, May 4th, 2007

Pyramid Printing Company v. ASCHR

The Alaska Supreme Court, in Pyramid Printing v. ASCHR, 153 P.3d 994 (Alaska 2007), held

a constructively discharged employee need not accept a reinstatement offer if the employee reasonably believes that the intolerable conditions (here, sexual harassment) have not changed;
the Human Rights Act grants the Commission authority to award vacation pay as “other appropriate relief”;
the Act […]

Friday, May 4th, 2007

Chief Justice Roberts in Fairbanks

The Volokh Conspiracy discusses Chief Justice John Roberts’ comments Thursday evening (May 3rd) at the AkBA Bar Convention about possible reasons for the declining number of Supreme Court opinions.