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ALASKA WILDLIFE ALLIANCE v. STATE

No. S-10520.

74 P.3d 201 (2003)

ALASKA WILDLIFE ALLIANCE, Eastern Kenai Peninsula Environmental Action Association, Friends of McNeil River, and Kachemak Bay Conservation Society, Appellants, v. STATE of Alaska, and Tony Knowles, Governor of Alaska, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

July 25, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas E. Meacham, Anchorage, for Appellants.

Sabrina E.L. Fernandez and Kevin M. Saxby, Assistant Attorneys General, Anchorage, and Bruce M. Botelho, Attorney General, Juneau, for Appellees.

Before: FABE, Chief Justice, MATTHEWS, EASTAUGH, BRYNER, and CARPENETI, Justices.

OPINION

EASTAUGH, Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

The day after the superior court dismissed a complaint filed by public interest litigants, a second, substantially identical, complaint was filed. The superior court dismissed the second complaint on res judicata grounds, and awarded attorney's fees against the public interest litigants because it found the complaint was frivolous and brought in bad faith. We affirm the res judicata dismissal of...

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