Legal Opinion · Dissent
Patrick v. Lynden Transport, Inc.
Alaska Supreme Court
Decided December 23, 1988No. S-2294Published
1DissentMatthews, Chief Justice
The majority holds that AS 09.60.060 violates equal protection of the law under the Alaska Constitution because it unreasonably restricts non-resident access to Alaska Courts. Because I believe that the statute as applied in the instant case is not unconstitutional, I respectfully dissent.
Although access to courts is not a fundamental right, it nevertheless is an important one. In Bush v. Reid, 516 P.2d 1215 (Alaska 1973), this court held that a statute which denied parolees access to the courts violated the due process and equal protection clauses of both the United States Constitution and…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Dandridge v. WilliamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Mathews v. De CastroSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Isakson v. RickeyAlaska Supreme Court · 1976
- John Hawes, Etc. v. Club Ecuestre El Comandante, Nancy Kreitzer v. Puerto Rican Cars, Inc., Daniel Ventura v. El Conquistador HotelCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1976
- Bush v. ReidAlaska Supreme Court · 1973
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