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GREATER ANCHORAGE AREA BOROUGH v. SISTERS OF CHARITY

No. 3223.

573 P.2d 862 (1978)

GREATER ANCHORAGE AREA BOROUGH, Appellant, v. SISTERS OF CHARITY OF the HOUSE OF PROVIDENCE, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

January 27, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Keith W. Bell, Asst. Municipal Atty. and Richard W. Garnett III, Municipal Atty., Anchorage, for appellant.

Robert J. Dickson, Anchorage, Jonathan K. Tillinghast, Asst. Atty. Gen., and Avrum M. Gross, Atty. Gen., Juneau, amicus curiae.

Before BOOCHEVER, C.J., and RABINOWITZ, CONNOR, BURKE and MATTHEWS, JJ.

OPINION

CONNOR, Justice.

The question presented is whether the Greater Anchorage Area Borough can recover attorney's fees as the prevailing party in a civil action.

Originally this case concerned the extent of exemption from real property taxes which could be claimed by the Sisters of Charity. As to that exemption, the Sisters of Charity prevailed in the superior court, but on appeal we reversed and remanded. Greater Anchorage Area Borough v....

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