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GWICH'IN STEERING v. OFFICE OF GOVERNOR

Nos. S-9026, S-9046.

10 P.3d 572 (2000)

GWICH'IN STEERING COMMITTEE, a nonprofit village-based Athabascan organization, Appellant/Cross-Appellee, v. STATE of Alaska, OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR, Appellee/Cross-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

October 13, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert W. Randall, Trustees for Alaska, Anchorage, for Appellant/Cross-Appellee.

Christopher Kennedy, Assistant Attorney General, Anchorage, and Bruce M. Botelho, Attorney General, Juneau, for Appellee/Cross-Appellant.

Before MATTHEWS, Chief Justice, EASTAUGH, FABE, BRYNER, and CARPENETI, Justices.

OPINION

EASTAUGH, Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

Invoking Alaska's Public Records Act, an organization asked the governor of Alaska to produce documents relating to the governor's lobbying efforts to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge for oil exploration and drilling. The governor withheld the documents, claiming privilege. In the ensuing administrative appeal, the superior court held that the deliberative process privilege protected...

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