Kaiser v. Sundberg

OPINION

BURKE, Justice.

This action arises from four promotion decisions made by the Alaska Department of Public Safety (ADPS) in 1981. Plaintiffs David Kaiser and the Public Safety Employees Association (PSEA) challenge the validity of certain standard operating procedures (SOPs) of the Division of Personnel, Alaska Department of Administration (Division). Kaiser and PSEA contend that those SOPs which govern the promotion process violate the merit principle set forth in Article XII, Section 6 of the Alaska Constitution1 and provisions of the State Personnel Act, AS 39.25.2 Kaiser and PSEA also…