Legal Opinion
Anchorage Daily News v. Anchorage School District
Alaska Supreme Court
Decided December 7, 1990No. S-3374PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BURKE, Justice.
In this appeal we hold that a public interest litigant is entitled to the full amount of its attorney’s fees. We so hold despite whatever minimal private interest the litigant may have had in the outcome of its suit.
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Following our decision in Anchorage School District v. Anchorage Daily News, 779 P.2d 1191 (Alaska 1989), the prevailing party, the Anchorage Daily News, moved for its costs and “full reasonable” attorney’s fees, contending that “[t]he Daily News ... qualifiefdj as a public interest litigant.” The school district opposed the motion, arguing that the Daily…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Public Law Education Institute v. U.S. Department of JusticeCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1984
- Anchorage School District v. Anchorage Daily NewsAlaska Supreme Court · 1989
- Gold Bondholders Protective Council v. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co.Alaska Supreme Court · 1983
- Hunsicker v. ThompsonAlaska Supreme Court · 1986
- Murphy v. City of WrangellAlaska Supreme Court · 1988
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3Cited by33 opinions
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- Citizens Coalition for Tort Reform, Inc. v. McAlpineAlaska Supreme Court · 1991
- Kodiak Seafood Processors Ass'n v. StateAlaska Supreme Court · 1995
- Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District v. StateAlaska Supreme Court · 1997
- O'CALLAGHAN v. StateAlaska Supreme Court · 1996
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