Abood v. League of Women Voters of Alaska

OPINION

MATTHEWS, Justice.

These appeals arise from the superior court’s decision that a claim that certain groups of state legislators held closed committee meetings and caucuses in violation of the Open Meetings Act was not justicia-ble, but that a claim that the closed meetings violated an implied constitutional right of public access to meetings of legislative units was both justiciable and correct. We agree that the claim of violation of the Open Meetings Act by state legislators is nonjusticiable, but contrary to the superior court’s decision, we hold that there is no implied right of…