ALASKA MINERS ASSOCIATION v. HOLMAN

Supreme Court No. S-15885.

397 P.3d 312 (2017)

ALASKA MINERS ASSOCIATION, Council of Alaska Producers, and Richard Hughes, Appellants, v. John H. HOLMAN; Mark Niver; Christina Salmon; Mead Treadwell, Lieutenant Governor of the State of Alaska; and State of Alaska, Division of Elections, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

June 16, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Matthew Singer and Robert J. Misulich , Holland & Knight LLP, Anchorage, for Appellants.

Timothy A. McKeever and Stacey C. Stone , Holmes Weddle & Barcott, P.C., Anchorage, for Appellees, Holman, Niver, and Salmon.

Notice of nonparticipation filed by Elizabeth M. Bakalar , Assistant Attorney General, and Craig W. Richards , Attorney General, Juneau, for Appellees, Treadwell and State of Alaska, Division of Elections.

Before: Stowers, Chief Justice, Winfree, Maassen, Bolger, and Carney, Justices.


OPINION

I. INTRODUCTION

Richard Hughes, Alaska Miners Association, and Council of Alaska Producers (Hughes plaintiffs) challenged the certification of a ballot initiative that would subject large-scale mining operations in the Bristol Bay region to additional legislative approval. It is undisputed that...

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