Legal Opinion
O'CALLAGHAN v. Coghill
Alaska Supreme Court
Decided February 3, 1995No. S-6249PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER AND MEMORANDUM OPINION
Mike O’Callaghan challenges regulations which exempted the Republican Party from Alaska’s blanket primary statute. We find that this case cannot be properly decided without supplementary briefing on the issue of whether Alaska’s blanket primary statute is unconstitutional. We invite Alaska’s four main political parties and the Legislative Affairs Agency to join this case as amici or intervenors and to file supplementary briefs along with O’Callaghan and the State.
I. FACTS AND PROCEEDINGS
Alaska Statute 15.25.060 provides for a blanket primary. All primary candidates…
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