ABOOD v. GORSUCH

No. S-706.

703 P.2d 1158 (1985)

Mitchell E. ABOOD, Jr., Ramona L. Barnes, Robert H. Bettisworth, Charlie Bussell, John Cowdery, Milo Fritz, Walter R. Furnace, Joe L. Hayes, Vernon L. Hurlbert, John Lindauer, John J. Liska, Terry Martin, John Ringstad, Richard Shultz, Mae Tischer, and Jerry Ward, on behalf of the People of the State of Alaska, Appellants, v. Norman C. GORSUCH, et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

August 2, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James T. Robinson and David A. Devine, Smith, Robinson & Gruening, Anchorage, for appellants.

James L. Baldwin, Jonathan B. Rubini, Asst. Attys. Gen., Norman C. Gorsuch, Atty. Gen., Juneau, for appellees.

Before BURKE, MATTHEWS, COMPTON and MOORE, JJ.


OPINION

MATTHEWS, Justice.

The Speaker of the House and twenty-two other members of the Alaska House of Representatives brought this action for declaratory relief against certain state officials who, it is claimed, were not properly confirmed by the Legislature. The superior court granted summary judgment for the officials. We affirm.

I.

The underlying facts are as follows. On May 24, 1983, the President of the Senate requested that the...

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