Legal Opinion
In re G. K.
Alaska Supreme Court
Decided June 5, 1972No. Nos. 1627, 1654 and 1674PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ERWIN, Justice.
The issue before us is whether or not an affidavit of bias and prejudice filed pursuant to AS 22.20.022 can work an automatic disqualification of a children’s court judge. In each of the cases, consolidated in this decision,1 the child seeks an overruling of In re White, 445 P.2d 813 (Alaska 1968), in which a majority of this court held AS 22.20.022 to be inapplicable to children’s proceedings.2 We have concluded that the White decision is incorrect as a matter of statutory interpretation,3 and that, therefore, it was error for the *915children’s court judge below not to…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- In Re WINSHIPSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- In Re GAULTSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Kent v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- McKeiver v. PennsylvaniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Helvering v. HallockSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
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3Cited by14 opinions
- Gieffels v. StateAlaska Supreme Court · 1976
- Alaska Public Interest Research Group v. StateAlaska Supreme Court · 2007
- Kvasnikoff v. StateAlaska Supreme Court · 1975
- State v. SouterAlaska Supreme Court · 1980
- Adams v. RossAlaska Supreme Court · 1976
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