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MOFFATT v. BROWN

No. S-2126.

751 P.2d 939 (1988)

William MOFFATT a/k/a Bill Moffatt, Sherralee Howe, and Alaska Right-To-Life, Inc., an Alaska corporation, Petitioners, v. Carolyn BROWN, M.D., and Laurance C. Marshburn, M.D., for themselves individually, as well as on behalf of all others similarly situated, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

Rehearing Denied April 11, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cheri C. Jacobus, Ross, Gingras, Bailey & Miner, Wohlforth & Flint, and Brent Wadsworth, Anchorage, for petitioners.

Edgar Paul Boyko, Boyko, Davis, Dennis, Baldwin & Breeze, and Elizabeth I. Johnson, Johnson and Holen, Anchorage, for respondents.

D. John McKay, Middleton, Timme & McKay, Anchorage, amicus curiae for Alaska Press Club.

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

OPINION

MOORE, Justice.

In this appeal, we review the standard for ruling on summary judgment motions in libel actions. We hold that the superior court erred in denying summary judgment in favor of the defendants William Moffatt, Sherralee Howe and Alaska Right-to-Life, Inc.

I.

Dr. Carolyn Brown, a practicing obstetrician in Palmer, submitted her name to Governor Jay Hammond for appointment to the Alaska State Medical Board in a letter...

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