STARR v. HAGGLUND

No. 246.

374 P.2d 316 (1962)

Merritt P. STARR and Clarence J. Bailey, Appellants, v. Paul B. HAGGLUND, Pearse M. Walsh, Peter M. Deveau, Frank Peratrovich, Eben Hopson, Donald Harris, Helen D. Sheahan, Robert E. Ellis, Ed Locken, John J. Conway, Lester Bronson, Peter Jorgensen, Marcus Jensen, Lauris S. Parker, James Nolan, Mrs. Allan L. Petersen, Robert I. Ditman, Jack Werner, Edith Bullock, Robert R. Blodgett, Harold Z. Hansen, Carl W. Heinmiller, Morgan W. Reed, City of Juneau, a municipal corporation, and City of Douglas, Alaska, a municipal corporation, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

Rehearing Denied September 11, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James E. Fisher, Kenai, John R. Connolly, Paul F. Robison and Arthur D. Talbot, Anchorage, for appellants.

R. Boochever, Juneau, Robert J. McNealy, Fairbanks, Harold J. Butcher, Anchorage, Robert H. Ziegler, Ketchikan, for appellees.

Before NESBITT, C.J., and DIMOND and AREND, JJ.


DIMOND, Justice.

A schedule of transitional measures appended to the Alaska constitution provides in section 20 that "The capital of the State of Alaska shall be at Juneau." The appellants, Starr and Bailey, are sponsors of an initiative petition to move the capital from its present location to some place in Western Alaska.1 At the instance of appellees, the Secretary of State was enjoined by...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases