Legal Opinion

Gilman v. Martin

Alaska Supreme Court

Decided April 1, 1983No. 5937PublishedCited by 27 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

COMPTON, Justice.

This appeal concerns the validity of the land sale lottery ordinance enacted by the Kenai Peninsula Borough (“the Borough”). The superior court entered a declaratory judgment that the ordinance authorizing the lottery violates the equal protection clauses of the United States and Alaska Constitutions because it requires participants to have been residents of the Borough for one year preceding their applications and because participants may file an unlimited number of applications for any parcel of land upon payment of a nonrefundable $10.00 fee for each application.…

2Cases cited24 opinions

  1. Shapiro v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  2. Dunn v. BlumsteinSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  3. Sosna v. IowaSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
  4. Minnesota v. Clover Leaf Creamery Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1981
  5. Memorial Hospital v. Maricopa CountySupreme Court of the United States · 1974

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3Cited by27 opinions

  1. Trustees for Alaska v. StateAlaska Supreme Court · 1987
  2. McDowell v. StateAlaska Supreme Court · 1989
  3. State Ex Rel. Departments of Transportation & Labor v. Enserch Alaska Construction, Inc.Alaska Supreme Court · 1989
  4. Gilbert v. State, Department of Fish & Game, Board of FisheriesAlaska Supreme Court · 1990
  5. State v. AnthonyAlaska Supreme Court · 1991

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