Alaska Public Employees Ass'n v. State, Department of Environmental Conservation

OPINION

RABINOWITZ, Justice.

I. FACTS AND PROCEEDINGS

In 1989 Daniel Lawn was head of the Prince William Sound District Office in Valdez. This District Office was part of the South-central Regional Office in the Division of Environmental Quality of the Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC). In May 1989, Lawn was involved in a confrontation regarding identity badges with Exxon security personnel. As a result, Lawn received a letter of reprimand and, later, was removed from his supervisory role at the District Office, though his pay status was unchanged.

The Alaska Public Employees…