Ballard v. Stich

OPINION

BURKE, Justice.

This appeal presents the question of whether former Appellate Rule 45’s thirty-day limit on appeals of administrative decisions to the superior court applies to a complaint styled as an “independent action” seeking review of a school board’s decision to uphold the termination of an employee. We hold that the thirty-day limit applies, and since the complaint was filed more than thirty days after the administrative decision, we affirm the superior court’s dismissal of the complaint.

The Fairbanks North Star Borough School District employed Lonney Ballard as a custodian. In…