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FOREMAN v. ANCHORAGE EQUAL RIGHTS COM'N

Nos. S-2677, S-2716.

779 P.2d 1199 (1989)

Oliver F. FOREMAN and Helen G. Foreman, Appellants/Cross-Appellees, v. ANCHORAGE EQUAL RIGHTS COMMISSION and Sally Hohman, Appellees/Cross-Appellants.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

September 8, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Randall E. Farleigh, Farleigh & Waldock, Anchorage, for appellants/cross-appellees.

John E. Havelock and Paula M. Haley, Anchorage Equal Rights Comm'n, Anchorage, for appellees/cross-appellants.

Nancy R. Gordon, Asst. Atty. Gen., Anchorage, Grace Berg Schaible, Atty. Gen., Juneau, for amicus curiae, State Com'n for Human Rights.

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

OPINION

BURKE, Justice.

This is an appeal by a landlord from a decision of the superior court affirming a determination by the Anchorage Equal Rights Commission (AERC) that the landlord's policy against renting to unmarried couples unlawfully discriminated on the basis of marital status. The landlord argues that the AERC erred in its interpretation of the pertinent state and local laws, and that the AERC's delay in rendering a decision divested the AERC...

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