Skudrzyk v. Reynolds

OPINION

MATTHEWS, Justice.

Frank Skudrzyk filed suit against the University of Alaska, challenging its denial of his tenure application almost thirteen months before. The superior court ruled that Skudrzyk’s suit was an administrative appeal and refused to relax the Alaska Appellate Rule 602(a)(2) limitations period. 1 We reverse.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

Skudrzyk began employment as full professor in the School of Mineral Industry (later renamed the School of Mineral Engineering) at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks (UAF), in 1982. He received a series of one-year reappointments from…