PETERSON v. STATE

No. S-14233.

280 P.3d 559 (2012)

Russell PETERSON, Jr., Petitioner, v. STATE of Alaska, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

July 20, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Douglas K. Mertz , Mertz Law Office, Juneau, for Petitioner. John M. Ptacin , Assistant Attorney General, Anchorage, and John J. Burns , Attorney General, Juneau, for Respondent.

Justin W. Roberts , Anchorage, Lynn K. Rhinehart , James P. Coppess , and Matthew J. Ginsburg , AFL-CIO, Washington, D.C., and Michael Rubin , Altshuler Berzon LLP, San Francisco, California, for Amicus Curiae AFL-CIO.

Before: CARPENETI, Chief Justice, FABE, WINFREE, and STOWERS, Justices.


OPINION

WINFREE, Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

A State of Alaska employee was discharged. With union representation, the employee challenged his termination in grievance proceedings; he was unsuccessful. When he later filed suit for wrongful termination, the State subpoenaed the union representative to appear for a deposition with the union's grievance file. The superior court denied the employee's privilege-based request for a protective order...

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