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CITY OF KENAI v. KENAI PENINSULA NEWSPAPERS

Nos. 4954, 5433.

642 P.2d 1316 (1982)

CITY OF KENAI, Charles A. Brown, Acting City Manager, Sue C. Peters, City Clerk, and all current members of the council of the City of Kenai, Vincent O'Reilly, Edward Ambarian, Ronald A. Malston, Betty Glick, Phillip Aber, Charles Bailie and Michael Seaman, Appellants, v. KENAI PENINSULA NEWSPAPERS, INC., Appellee. The MUNICIPALITY OF ANCHORAGE, George M. Sullivan, Mayor, Ruby Smith, Municipal Clerk, Jane Angvik, Paul Baer, Fred Chiei, Ben Marsh, Carol Maser, Rick Mystrom, Gerry O'Connor, Dave Rose, Lydia Selkregg, Don Smith, and Dave Walsh, all current members of the Anchorage Municipal Assembly, Appellants, v. ANCHORAGE DAILY NEWS, INC., Appellee.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

March 26, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard W. Garnett, III, Garnett, Klinkner & Bendell, Anchorage, for appellant, City of Kenai.

Steven H. Morrissett, Julie A. Garfield, Asst. Municipal Attys., Theodore D. Berns, Municipal Atty., Anchorage, for appellants, Municipality of Anchorage.

C.R. Baldwin, Kenai, for appellee, Kenai Peninsula Newspapers.

A. Robert Hahn, Jr., Kevin F. McCoy, Hahn, Jewell & Stanfill, Anchorage, for appellee, Anchorage Daily News.

Before RABINOWITZ, C.J., CONNOR and MATTHEWS, JJ., and VAN HOOMISSEN and TAYLOR, Superior Court Judges.

OPINION

MATTHEWS, Justice.

These consolidated cases have as their common issue the question whether our public records disclosure statute, AS 09.25.110-.120, applies to municipalities. In both cases the superior court ruled that the statute does apply and, for the reasons expressed below, we agree. Each case also raises issues not present in the other, and these will be separately discussed.

CITY OF KENAI

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