WALT v. STATE

No. S-1338.

751 P.2d 1345 (1988)

Ron WALT, and Dorothy Walt, husband and wife, for themselves and on Behalf of their minor child, Katrina Walt, Appellants, v. STATE of Alaska, and Richard A. Lyon, individually and in his capacity as Commissioner of the Department of Commerce and Economic Development, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

March 18, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard M. Burnham, Findley & Burnham, Juneau, for appellants.

Susan D. Cox, Asst. Atty. Gen., Ronald W. Lorensen, Acting Atty. Gen., Juneau, for appellees.

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


OPINION

RABINOWITZ, Chief Justice.

This appeal arises out of the State of Alaska's dismissal of Ron Walt from state employment. The primary issues on appeal are whether Walt's claims under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 are barred by the qualified immunity of the state official who dismissed him, and whether the applicable collective bargaining agreement precludes asserted statutorily based tort claims and common law tort...

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