Legal Opinion
City of Kotzebue v. Ipalook
Alaska Supreme Court
Decided December 5, 1969No. 1033PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RABINOWITZ, Justice.
On January 13, 1966, Percy Ipalook was shot by Officer Eisenhower, a city of Kot-zebue policeman. Claiming no justification for the act, Ipalook instituted suit against the city of Kotzebue for damages. 1 At trial, Ipalook received a $25,000 jury verdict. Appellee city of Kotzebue then moved, pursuant to Civil Rule 59(a), for remittitur and alternatively for a new trial limited to the issue of damages. In its order of remittitur, the trial court remitted the sum of $10,000. 2 Ipalook accepted the order of remittitur and an amended judgment was entered in the amount of…
2Cases cited20 opinions
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- Beaulieu v. ElliottAlaska Supreme Court · 1967
- Gordon Arthur Lyda and Albert Francis Perrault v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1963
- Curtis Publishing Company v. Wallace Butts, Wallace Butts v. Curtis Publishing CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1965
- Affett v. Milwaukee & Suburban Transport Corp.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1960
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3Cited by20 opinions
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- McGee v. StateAlaska Supreme Court · 1980
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