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ANCHORAGE DAILY NEWS v. SCHOOL DIST.

No. S-3374.

803 P.2d 402 (1990)

ANCHORAGE DAILY NEWS, Appellant, v. ANCHORAGE SCHOOL DISTRICT, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

December 7, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

D. John McKay, Middleton, Timme & McKay, Anchorage, for appellant.

Kermit E. Barker, Jr., Stephanie D. Galbraith, Lane, Powell & Barker, Anchorage, for appellee.

Before MATTHEWS, C.J., and RABINOWITZ, BURKE, COMPTON and MOORE, JJ.

OPINION

BURKE, Justice.

In this appeal we hold that a public interest litigant is entitled to the full amount of its attorney's fees. We so hold despite whatever minimal private interest the litigant may have had in the outcome of its suit.

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Following our decision in Anchorage School District v. Anchorage Daily News, 779 P.2d 1191 (Alaska 1989), the prevailing party, the Anchorage Daily News, moved...

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