Alaska appeals case for the fifth time
March 25, 2010
Alaska: The state of Alaska, which has been fighting a lawsuit for overcharging fishing permits since 1984, has appealed the case to the Alaska Supreme Court for the fifth time. The court had ruled in 2003 that the state had charged nonresidential commercial fishing licensees unconstitutionally high prices for the license and the case was sent back to the state Superior Court. Judge Peter Michalski of the Alaska Third District Superior Court issued a judgment of Tuesday, March 23, that said that the state must pay total of $82 million in refunds of the charges, interest on the refunds, and attorney fees. The state's recent appeal is over the interest and attorney fees it was ordered to pay, which total nearly $70 million of the judgment.[1][2]
Footnotes
Federal courts:
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: District of Alaska • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: District of Alaska
State courts:
Alaska Supreme Court • Alaska Court of Appeals • Alaska Superior Court • Alaska District Court
State resources:
Courts in Alaska • Alaska judicial elections • Judicial selection in Alaska
