Roberts v. State, Department of Revenue

OPINION

FABE, Chief Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

Peter Roberts, owner of Downtown Bicycle Rental, Inc., filed a complaint objecting to the Alaska Department of Revenue's issuance of a gaming permit to Earth, a nonprofit organization. The superior court dismissed several counts of the complaint as an invalid assignment of claims from Downtown Bicycle Rental, which had no attorney, to Roberts. The court granted summary judgment for the State on all remaining counts, declared that Roberts was not a public interest litigant, and ordered him to pay attorney's fees. Roberts appeals. Because the assignment…