Walter J. HICKEL, Governor of Alaska, State of Alaska, Tuckerman Babcock, Allen Vezey, Mary Lynne Wood, John C. Ingram, Robert Pickrell, Orie Williams, Fish and Game Fund, Petitioners,
v.
SOUTHEAST CONFERENCE, a non-profit Alaska corporation, Peggy Ann McConnochie, Fred E. Reeder; Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Steve Cypra, Ted Smith, Al Jorgensen, Harold Newcomb, John Stein, Duncan Frazier, Gary Thurlow, Elsie O'Bryan, Ronda L. Kelley; Oliver Leavitt, Jacob Adams, George Ahmaogak, William Leavitt, Benjamin Nageak, Ronald Brower, Max Ahgeak, Charles D.N. Brower, Charles "Chuck" Greene, Roswell Schaeffer, Marie Greene, Reginald Cleveland, Charles Curtis, Willie Goodwin, Jr.; Mitchell A. Demientieff, Jerry Isaac, Leo Morgan, Nick Jackson, Clyde Peter; Alaska Democratic Party, Lidia L. Selkregg, Respondents.
SOUTHEAST CONFERENCE, a non-profit Alaska corporation, Petitioners,
v.
Walter J. HICKEL, Governor of Alaska, State of Alaska, Respondents.
Supreme Court of Alaska.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
December 29, 1992.
As Modified on Denial of Rehearing March 12, 1993.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Virginia Ragle and Stephen C. Slotnick, Asst. Attys. Gen., Juneau, Mary A. Lundquist, Asst. Atty. Gen., Anchorage, Charles Cole, Atty. Gen., Juneau, for petitioners Walter J. Hickel, Governor of Alaska and State of AK.
Thomas M. Daniel, Perkins Coie, Anchorage, for petitioner Fish and Game Fund.
Myra M. Munson, Sonosky, Chambers, Sachse, Miller & Munson, Juneau, Donald J. Simon, Sonosky, Chambers, Sachse & Enderson, Washington, DC, for respondents Southeast Conference, et al. and Mat-Su Borough, et al.
David C. Crosby, Juneau, James Wickwire, Wickwire, Greene, Crosby & Seward, Seattle, WA, for respondents Leavitt, et al.
Don Clocksin, Wagstaff, Pope & Clocksin, Anchorage, for respondents Alaska Democratic Party, et al.
Michael J. Walleri, Tanana Chiefs Conference, Inc., Fairbanks, for respondents Demientieff, et al.
Robert P. Blasco and Mary A. Nordale, Robertson, Monagle & Eastaugh, Juneau, for amicus curiae Fairbanks North Star Borough.
Joel H. Bolger, Jamin, Ebell, Bolger & Gentry, Kodiak, for amicus curiae Kodiak Island Borough.
Kenneth P. Jacobus, Anchorage, for amicus curiae Constance Zawacki and The Republican Party of Alaska.
Michael W. Price, Groh, Eggers & Price, Anchorage, for amicus curiae Municipality of Anchorage.
Bruce Boltar, Dillingham, for amicus curiae Bristol Bay Native Ass'n.
Before RABINOWITZ, C.J., and BURKE, MATTHEWS, COMPTON and MOORE, JJ.
Supreme Court of Alaska.
OPINION
COMPTON, Justice.
At issue in this petition for review is the validity of the 1991 Proclamation of Reapportionment and Redistricting Plan (plan) issued by Governor Walter J. Hickel.
I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
Under the Alaska Constitution, the governor has the power and duty to reapportion the state legislature every ten years. Alaska Const. art. VI, § 3; Wade v. Nolan,414 P.2d 689
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