CITY & BOROUGH OF JUNEAU v. STATE

Nos. S-15502, S-15512.

361 P.3d 926 (2015)

CITY & BOROUGH OF JUNEAU, Appellant and Cross-Appellee, v. STATE of Alaska, Local Boundary Commission, Appellee, and Petitioners for Incorporation of the Petersburg Borough, Appellee and Cross-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

December 4, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Amy Gurton Mead , Municipal Attorney, Juneau, for Appellant/Cross-Appellee City and Borough of Juneau. Janell M. Hafner , Assistant Attorney General, Anchorage, and Michael C. Geraghty , Attorney General, Juneau, for Appellee State of Alaska, Local Boundary Commission.

James T. Brennan and Sara E. Heideman , Hedland, Brennan and Heideman, Anchorage, for Appellee/Cross-Appellant Petitioners for Incorporation of the Petersburg Borough.

Before: FABE, Chief Justice, WINFREE, STOWERS, MAASSEN, and BOLGER, Justices.


OPINION

I. INTRODUCTION

The primary issue in this appeal is whether the State of Alaska's Local Boundary Commission (Boundary Commission) violated the Alaska Constitution when it approved the incorporation of a new borough over the objection of an existing borough seeking to annex some of the area included...

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