Molly HOOTCH, minor, by her father and next friend James Hootch, et al., Appellants,
v.
ALASKA STATE-OPERATED SCHOOL SYSTEM, a State Corporation, et al., Appellees.
Supreme Court of Alaska.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
May 23, 1975.
May 23, 1975.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Christopher R. Cooke, Rice, Hoppner, Blair & Hedland, Bethel, John E. Reese, Alaska Legal Services Corp., Anchorage, and Eric E. Van Loon and Stephen E. Cotton, Center for Law and Ed., Cambridge, Mass., for appellants.
Norman C. Gorsuch, Atty. Gen., and Peter C. Partnow, Asst. Atty. Gen., Juneau, for appellees.
Bertram E. Hirsch, New York City, on brief for the Assn. on American Indian Affairs, Inc. and the Alaska Federation of Natives, et al. as amici curiae urging reversal.
Joseph N. deRaismes and Daniel P. Sheehan, Boulder, Colo., William H. Jacobs, Anchorage, and Melvin L. Wulf, New York City, on brief for the American Civil Liberties Union as amicus curiae urging reversal.
R. Collin Middleton and Robert H. Wagstaff, Anchorage, for the Alaska Chapter of the American Psychiatric Assn., et al. as amici curiae urging reversal.
Before RABINOWITZ, C.J., CONNOR, BOOCHEVER and FITZGERALD, JJ., and EDMOND W. BURKE, Superior Court Judge.
Supreme Court of Alaska.
OPINION
BOOCHEVER, Justice.
This appeal originates from a suit on behalf of 28 Native1 Alaskans of secondary school age2 against the Alaska State-Operated School System (hereinafter ASOSS) and certain officials of the Alaska Department of Education. The appeal seeks to compel the State of Alaska to provide secondary schools in appellants' communities of residence.
The named appellants live...
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