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ANCHORAGE BAPTIST TEMPLE v. COONROD

Nos. S-12421, S-12442.

166 P.3d 29 (2007)

ANCHORAGE BAPTIST TEMPLE, Appellant, v. Keith COONROD; Ray Metcalfe; American Civil Liberties Union of Alaska; Clyde Baxley; Grace Brown; Bill Jager; Al Sundquist; James Woolever; Arlen Acharias; Dorothy Zappa; and State of Alaska, Appellees. Valley Baptist Tabernacle and Hamilton Acres Baptist Church, Appellants, v. Clyde Baxley, Grace Brown; Bill Jager; Al Sundquist; James Woolever; Arlen Acharias; Dorothy Zappa; Keith Coonrod; Ray Metcalfe; American Civil Liberties Union Of Alaska; and State of Alaska, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

August 31, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dan K. Coffey, The Law Offices of Ernouf & Coffey, P.C., Anchorage, and Mathew D. Staver and Erik W. Stanley, Liberty Counsel, Lynchburg, Virginia, for Appellant Anchorage Baptist Temple.

Kevin G. Clarkson, Brena, Bell & Clarkson, P.C., Anchorage, for Appellants Valley Baptist Tabernacle and Hamilton Acres Baptist Church.

Jason Brandeis, ACLU of Alaska Foundation, Anchorage, for Appellees Keith Coonrod, Ray Metcalfe, and American Civil Liberties Union of Alaska.

Richard W. Postma, Jr., Assistant Attorney General, Anchorage, and David W. Márquez, Attorney General, Juneau, for Appellee State of Alaska.

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

OPINION

EASTAUGH, Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

When citizens filed two lawsuits challenging the constitutionality of a statute, AS 29.45.030(b), that exempts teachers' residences owned by religious organizations from property taxes, three churches sought to intervene. The churches were initially permitted to intervene in one lawsuit, but were ultimately relegated to amicus curiae status after the two lawsuits were consolidated. They...

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