THOMAS v. CROFT

No. 4719.

614 P.2d 795 (1980)

Lowell THOMAS, Jr., Lieutenant Governor of Alaska; Patty Ann Polley, Director, Division of Elections; Mary Jo Hobbs, Supervisor of Elections, Juneau; Jo Ann Crane, Supervisor of Elections, Nome; Octavia Hansen, Supervisor of Elections, Anchorage; and Ann Spielberg, Supervisor of Elections, Fairbanks, Appellants, v. Chancy CROFT, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

July 18, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carolyn E. Jones and Michael Arruda, Asst. Attys. Gen., Anchorage, and Avrum M. Gross, Atty. Gen., Juneau, for appellants.

Chancy Croft, Croft, Thurlow & Duggan, Anchorage, for appellee.

Before RABINOWITZ, C.J., CONNOR, BOOCHEVER and BURKE, JJ., and DIMOND, Senior Justice.


OPINION

DIMOND, Senior Justice.

This litigation stems from the contested gubernatorial primary election of August, 1978. Plaintiffs were the primary election losers, Walter Hickel and Edward Merdes. Defendants included (1) state election officials (Lieutenant Governor Thomas and others, hereinafter referred to as the State), and (2) the primary winners, Jay Hammond and Chancy Croft. The State appeals from an order by the superior court assessing costs and...

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