DANSEREAU v. ULMER

No. S-6894.

903 P.2d 555 (1995)

Dana DANSEREAU; Gregory J. Gursey; Samuel Haywood; Kathy Haywood; C.E. Jenkins; Kim Ryan; James Weymouth; Rita T. Weymouth; T.J. Northcott; David D. Kyzer, M.D.; and Jane and John Does 1-10, Appellants, v. Fran ULMER, Lieutenant Governor, State of Alaska, and David Koivuniemi, Acting Director of the Alaska Division of Elections, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

September 22, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wevley William Shea, Anchorage, for Appellants.

James L. Baldwin and Lauri J. Adams, Assistant Attorneys General, and Bruce M. Botehlo, Attorney General, Juneau, for Appellees.

Avrum M. Gross, Gross & Burke, P.C., Juneau, for Amicus Curiae North Slope Borough.

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


OPINION

EASTAUGH, Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

Dana Dansereau and nine other voters (Contestants) challenged the validity of the November 8, 1994 gubernatorial election in which Tony Knowles was elected to the office of Governor of Alaska.1 The superior court granted summary judgment to the State of Alaska, thereby dismissing all of Contestants' claims. We affirm in part and reverse in part.

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