Legal Opinion
Brooks Range Petroleum Corporation v. Shearer
Alaska Supreme Court
Decided July 27, 2018No. 7266 S-16382PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MAASSEN, Justice.
*68 I. INTRODUCTION
We granted a petition for review to resolve a venue dispute in an employment case. Daniel Shearer alleges that Brooks Range Petroleum Corporation (BRPC) promised him a ten-year term of employment, then terminated his employment two and a half years later. Shearer filed suit in the Second Judicial District, where he alleged the parties had negotiated and formed their contract. BRPC filed a motion to dismiss the case or to change venue to the Third Judicial District, where the contract was executed and where Shearer had performed most of his job duties. The…
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