Legal Opinion
Hootch Ex Rel. Hootch v. Alaska State-Operated School System
Alaska Supreme Court
Decided May 23, 1975No. 2157PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Before RABINOWITZ, C. J., CON-NOR, BOOCHEVER and FITZGERALD, JJ., and EDMOND W. BURKE, Superior Court Judge. BOOCHEVER, Justice.
This appeal originates from a suit on behalf of 28 Native1 Alaskans of secondary school age2 against the Alaska State-Operated School System (hereinafter ASOSS) and certain officials of the Alaska Department of Education. The appeal seeks to compel the State of Alaska to provide secondary schools in appellants’ communities of residence.
The named appellants live in the rural western Alaska villages of Emmonak, Kwigillingok and Kongiganak, with populations of…
2Cases cited47 opinions
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- Kelly v. ZamarelloAlaska Supreme Court · 1971
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3Cited by44 opinions
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- Tobeluk Ex Rel. Tobeluk v. LindAlaska Supreme Court · 1979
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- Rust v. StateAlaska Supreme Court · 1978
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