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BASEY v. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY

Supreme Court No. S-17099.

462 P.3d 529 (2020)

Kaleb Lee BASEY, Appellant, v. State of Alaska, DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY, DIVISION OF ALASKA STATE TROOPERS, BUREAU OF INVESTIGATIONS, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

April 24, 2020.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kaleb Lee Basey, pro se, Lexington, Kentucky, Appellant.

John J. Novak and Kimberly D. Rodgers , Assistant Attorneys General, Anchorage, and Kevin G. Clarkson , Attorney General, Juneau, for Appellee.

D. John McKay , Law Office of D. John McKay, Anchorage, for Amici Curiae Gray Television, Inc., d/b/a KTUU-TV and KTVF-TV; Anchorage Daily News; and Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press.

Susan Orlansky , ACLU Cooperating Attorney, Reeves Amodio LLC, Anchorage, and Stephen Koteff and Joshua A. Decker , ACLU of Alaska Foundation, Anchorage, for Amicus Curiae ACLU of Alaska Foundation.

Khalial Withen and Kevin Dougherty , Alaska District Council of Laborers, Anchorage, for Amici Curiae Public Employees Local 71 and APEA/AFT.

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

OPINION

I. INTRODUCTION

The question in this appeal is whether state employee disciplinary records are confidential "personnel records" under the State Personnel Act and therefore not subject to disclosure under the Alaska Public Records Act. We conclude that, with one express statutory exception not relevant...

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