Russell v. Municipality of Anchorage

OPINION

RABINOWITZ, Chief Justice.

The issue presented on appeal is whether the superior court properly dismissed Debra Russell’s federal and state law discrimination claims against the Municipality of Anchorage (Municipality) as barred by Alaska’s two-year tort statute of limitations. Specifically in question is whether the statute of limitations began to run in 1983, when the Municipality denied Russell admission to the police academy, or in 1985, when she first became aware of circumstances allegedly indicating that the Municipality’s acts constituted illegal discrimination.

I. Facts and…