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CAPITAL INFO. GROUP v. OFFICE OF GOVERNOR

No. S-6443.

923 P.2d 29 (1996)

CAPITAL INFORMATION GROUP, a sole proprietorship, and Gregg Erickson, individually, Appellants, v. STATE of Alaska, OFFICE OF the GOVERNOR, a unit of the executive branch of state government, Kris W. Lethin, individually and in his capacity as Legislative Liaison to the Governor; Shelby Stastny, individually and in his capacity as Director of the Office of Management and Budget in the Office of the Governor; and Patrick P. Ryan, individually and in his capacity as Chief of Staff to the Governor, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

August 16, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey W. Bush, Juneau, Douglas Pope, Pope & Katcher, Anchorage, for Appellants.

Barbara J. Ritchie, Deputy Attorney General, Bruce M. Botelho, Attorney General, Juneau, for Appellees.

Before RABINOWITZ, MATTHEWS, COMPTON and EASTAUGH, JJ.

OPINION

MATTHEWS, Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

This case involves a news publisher's claim that the Governor and the executive branch are unlawfully withholding documents from the public. The superior court held that the documents were protected by the deliberative process privilege. The publisher appeals that decision, as well as the superior court judge's refusal to disqualify himself.

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