City & Borough of Juneau v. State, Local Boundary Commission

OPINION

WINFREE, Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

The primary issue in this appeal is whether the State of Alaska's Local Boundary Commission (Boundary Commission) violated the Alaska Constitution when it approved the incorporation of a new borough over the objection of an existing borough seeking to annex some of the area included in the new borough. We conclude that the Boundary Commission's decision complied with constitutional requirements and therefore affirm the superior court's decision upholding the Boundary Commission's incorporation decision.

IH. FACTS AND PROCEEDINGS

In April 2011 the City of…