KOPANUK v. AVCP REGIONAL HOUSING AUTHORITY

No. S-6432.

902 P.2d 813 (1995)

Dana KOPANUK, Petitioner, v. AVCP REGIONAL HOUSING AUTHORITY, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

September 15, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James J. Davis, Jr. and Deborah Reichard, Alaska Legal Services Corporation, Bethel, and Carol H. Daniel and Joseph D. Johnson, Alaska Legal Services Corporation, Anchorage, for petitioner.

Kim Dunn, Birch, Horton, Bittner & Cherot, Anchorage, for respondent.

W. Michael Stephenson, Jermain, Dunnagan & Owens, Anchorage, for amicus curiae Copper River Basin Regional Housing Authority.

James E. Torgerson, Assistant U.S. Attorney, and Robert C. Bundy, United States Attorney, Anchorage, and Althea M. Forrester, Attorney, and Nelson A. Diaz, General Counsel, Housing & Urban Dev., Washington, DC, for amicus curiae United States.

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


OPINION

COMPTON, Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

Dana Kopanuk entered into a contract regarding home occupancy with the Association of Village Council Presidents Regional Housing Authority (AVCP RHA). Upon breach by Kopanuk, AVCP RHA initiated a forcible entry and detainer (FED) action in district court. Kopanuk challenged the district court's subject matter jurisdiction, arguing that equitable interests were at issue. He asserted that the...

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