The State of Alaska Office of Administrative Hearings website for agency opinions is up.
To search the entire database, from all participating agencies, use this page. To find an index of all posted opinions for a particular agency (Human Rights, Certified Nurse Aide licensing board, etc.), go here.
Right now, the site includes opinions back to about 2004. […]
Senior Ninth Circuit Judge Warren Ferguson died June 25th, aged 87. President Carter appointed him in 1979. An obituary appears in the LA Times.
The 9th Circuit this morning ordered en banc review of the panel decision in State of Alaska v. EEOC, 508 F.3d 476 (9th Cir. 2007), in which the panel held that the State has 11th Amendment immunity for Title VII claims filed by several policymaking officials appointed by former Gov. Walter Hickel, including Margaret Ward.
We discussed […]
Attorney Paul Bratton and paralegal Judy Price run a law practice in their Chunilna Creek homestead in the MatSu Borough. They also host a blog, called Alaska Backwoods Lawyer. Started just in May of this year, the entries so far cover not only legal issues (Exxon Valdez, commercial fishing, consumer problems), but also life on […]
