Vest v. Schafer

OPINION

MOORE, Justice.

I

This case is before us for the second time. For many years, the State’s Longevity Bonus Program paid monthly benefits to twenty-five year Alaska residents, age 65 or over, who had been domiciled in Alaska before statehood. AS 47.45.010-170 (prior to amendment in 1984). In 1984, this court held that the twenty-five year residency requirement and the pre-statehood domicile requirement violated the equal protection clause of the federal Constitution. Schafer v. Vest, 680 P.2d 1169, 1170-71 (Alaska 1984) (hereafter “Schafer I”). 1 The superior court issued injunctive and…