Legal Opinion
Waskey v. Municipality of Anchorage
Alaska Supreme Court
Decided January 12, 1996No. S-6549PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MATTHEWS, Justice.
I. FACTS AND PROCEEDINGS
Evan Waskey (Evan) was arrested and charged with assault after engaging in a street fight. He told the arresting officer that his name was John Evan Waskey, which is actually his brother’s name. Evan then jumped bail and a bench warrant was issued requiring the arrest of “John Evan Waskey” for failing to appear. Appellant (John) was arrested on the warrant and detained for ten days. When the Municipality learned that it was Evan, not John, who was originally arrested and charged, the charges against John were dismissed.
John filed a civil action…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Peter W. v. San Francisco Unified School DistrictCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1976
- Boose v. City of RochesterAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1979
- Margaret S. Rodriguez v. Donald E. RitcheyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1977
- Hazen v. Municipality of AnchorageAlaska Supreme Court · 1986
- D. S. W. ex rel. R. M. W. v. Fairbanks North Star Borough School DistrictAlaska Supreme Court · 1981
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3Cited by24 opinions
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- Kinegak v. State, Department of CorrectionsAlaska Supreme Court · 2006
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