State v. Alaska State Employees Ass'n

OPINION

MATTHEWS, Justice.

The question presented is whether the State is protected by sovereign immunity from payment of prejudgment interest on an award made by an arbitrator under a collective bargaining agreement. The superior court decided that the State was not so protected and awarded prejudgment interest on the arbitrator's award. We largely affirm because the enforcement of the arbitrator's award in this case sounds in contract and is enforceable in a proceeding encompassed by the general statute applicable to contract claims against the State, which waives immunity as to prejudgment…