KENTOPP v. ANCHORAGE

No. 6209.

652 P.2d 453 (1982)

Rick KENTOPP, a named representative of the class of residents, taxpayers and registered voters in Section Six of the Municipality of Anchorage, Appellants, v. ANCHORAGE, a municipal corporation, Jane Angvik, David Rose, Gerry O'Conner, Rick Mystrom, Bernard Marsh, Paul Baer, Lydia Selkregg, Don Smith, Fred Chiei, Jr., Carol Maser, David Walsh and Joseph Josephson, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

October 1, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George E. Weiss, George E. Weiss & Associates, Anchorage, for appellants.

Julie Garfield, Asst. Municipal Atty., Jerry Wertzbaugher, Deputy Municipal Atty., Theodore D. Berns, Municipal Atty., Anchorage, for appellees.

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


OPINION

COMPTON, Justice.

Rick Kentopp appeals from summary judgment in favor of the Municipality of Anchorage. The legal issues we must resolve relate to the apportionment of Anchorage Municipal Assembly districts.

I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

In 1975, Anchorage adopted an apportionment plan for its Assembly. Under the plan, the Assembly was comprised of eleven members representing six districts. District 2 had one representative...

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