Alaska Native voters failed to convince U. S. District Judge Timothy Burgess that the City of Bethel will likely violate the 1965 Voting Rights Act in the upcoming (October 7th) municipal election. Despite finding that the balance of hardship tips in favor of the voters, Burgess found that the voters’ evidence failed to “clearly favor” the […]
Omar Stratman’s long battle to prevent Woody Island from obtaining ANCSA benefits is over. The 9th Circuit has affirmed Judge Singleton.
Judge Wallace Tashima writes:
In 1976, Omar Stratman began his quest to challenge the Secretary of the Interior’s (the “Secretary”) certification of Woody Island as a native village under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (“ANCSA”). Thirty-two […]
The 9th Circuit has affirmed U. S. District Judge Timothy Burgess’s refusal to declare Alaska’s primary election laws unconstitutional. This case is among the last that was argued before the August 2008 panel in Anchorage.
Judge Raymond Fisher, for the uananimous panel, summarized:
Alaska requires political parties to nominate candidates for the state’s general election ballot in […]
