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Anchorage School District v. Anchorage Daily News

Alaska Supreme Court

Decided September 1, 1989No. S-3148PublishedCited by 27 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

BURKE, Justice.

This appeal presents two questions. The first is whether Alaska’s public records disclosure statutes, AS 09.25.110-09.25.120, require a municipal school district to produce for public inspection documents settling a school district lawsuit, despite the district’s agreement to keep the settlement terms confidential. The second question is whether the plaintiff below may obtain the relief it seeks while there remains outstanding a United States District Court order prohibiting disclosure of the settlement terms, obtained after entry of the superior court judgment which is…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Erie Railroad v. TompkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
  2. Atlantic Coast Line Railroad v. Brotherhood of Locomotive EngineersSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
  3. Kline v. Burke Construction Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1922
  4. Donovan v. City of DallasSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  5. Alaska Airlines, Inc. v. SweatAlaska Supreme Court · 1977

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3Cited by27 opinions

  1. John A. Pansy v. Borough of Stroudsburg Harold A. Bentzoni Kathryn Mikels John W. Osborne, II William Reber Mary Jean Knapik Maryann West Kowalshyn Richard F. Osswald Carl R. Rogers v. Ottaway Newspapers, Inc. T/a Pocono Record, Ronald F. Bouchard Pennsylvania Newspaper Publishers Association, Intervenors/appellantsCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1994
  2. Pansy v. Borough of StroudsburgCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1994
  3. State of Hawai'i Organization of Police Officers v. Society of Professional Journalists-University of Hawai'i ChapterHawaii Supreme Court · 1996
  4. Tribune-Review Publishing Co. v. Westmoreland County Housing AuthoritySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2003
  5. Judicial Watch, Inc. v. StateSupreme Court of Vermont · 2005

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