MEINERS v. BERING STRAIT SCHOOL DIST.

Nos. S-125, S-140.

687 P.2d 287 (1984)

Mary Lou MEINERS, Director, State of Alaska, Division of Elections, Stephen A. McAlpine, State of Alaska, Lieutenant Governor, Sue Eckels, Robert Foote, and Henry Ivanoff, Appellants and Cross-Appellees, v. BERING STRAIT SCHOOL DISTRICT, Appellees and Cross-Appellants, and Chuck Degnan, Joseph Nongwook, and Jonah Tokienna, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

July 27, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jonathan B. Rubini, Asst. Atty. Gen., Norman C. Gorsuch, Atty. Gen., Juneau, for appellants and cross-appellees.

John S. Hedland and Janalee R. Strandberg, Hedland, Fleischer & Friedman, Anchorage, for appellees and cross-appellants.

Robert C. Erwin, Erwin, Smith & Garnett, Anchorage, for appellees Degnan, Nongwook and Tokienna.

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


OPINION

RABINOWITZ, Justice.

In April and May of 1983 several dissatisfied residents of the Bering Strait R.E.A.A. School District drafted and circulated a recall petition. This appeal and cross-appeal are taken from the superior court's judgment enjoining the holding of a recall election for certain School Board members. We reverse in part.

I. STATUTORY BACKGROUND

The Bering Strait School District is a Regional Educational Attendance Area...

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