Gov. Palin selects Dan Winfree to fill Bryner-Rabinowitz seat
Dan Winfree is the 19th Justice of the Alaska Supreme Court. His Biographical Statement to the Judicial Council is as follows:
I’m a third-generation Fairbanksan, born in Territorial Alaska, raised by the Golden Rule and the Code of the North, and encouraged to make a difference.
In 1981, I […]
A profile of the Fairbanks federal judiciary - including Judge Ralph Beistline and Magistrate Judge Terry Hall - appeared in the June 2007 issue of The Third Branch, the publication of the Federal Courts.
H/T: P. Eaglin
Judge Timothy Burgess has ruled against most claims asserted against the Municipality of Anchorage by Fantasies on 5th Avenue, including Equal Protection (both state and federal) and 1st Amendment (vagueness and overbreadth).
The award for attorney creativity goes to the club’s claim that the 4-foot “buffer zone” between a nude dancer and a patron (aka the ”No Touch” rule) violates the Takings […]
The House of Representatives has passed the Attorney-Client Privilege Protection Act of 2007. It bars federal employees from pressuring an “organization or personal affiliated with an organization” to waive the attorney-client privilege or work product privilege.
The bill (HR 3013) provides:
In any Federal investigation or criminal or civil enforcement matter, an agent or attorney of the United […]
