Citizens Coalition for Tort Reform v. - Supreme Court of Alaska

Citizens Coalition for Tort Reform v.

By Supreme Court of Alaska

  • Release Date: 1991-04-26
  • Genre: Law

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In this case the lieutenant governor denied certification of an initiative that would have set maximum allowable levels of
attorney's fees in personal injury cases. The lieutenant governor found that the initiative was an attempt to prescribe a
rule of court, a subject that the Alaska Constitution expressly restricts from the people's power to legislate by initiative.
On a motion for summary judgment, the superior court upheld the lieutenant governor's decision. We affirm. I

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