Legal Opinion
Jefferson v. Asplund
Alaska Supreme Court
Decided October 1, 1969No. 1036PublishedCited by 62 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
RABINOWITZ, Justice.
In his complaint below appellant primarily sought both declaratory and injunc-tive relief. On motion of appellees the superior court dismissed the complaint with prejudice. We have concluded that the lower court’s ruling was in part erroneous.
In 1959, our legislature implemented the judiciary article of the Alaska constitution by defining the jurisdiction of the superior court. 1 In so doing the legislature vested the superior court with authority to render declaratory judgments. This grant flowed from the following statutory provision:
In case of an actual…
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3Cited by62 opinions
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- State v. University of AlaskaAlaska Supreme Court · 1981
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