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REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES
Fischer v. Campbell

3AN-09-12037CI | Alaska state trial court

Filed Date: Nov. 23, 2009

Closed Date: Nov. 29, 2010

This state court case challenged a ballot initiative seeking to recognize the legal personhood of “all human beings including unborn children” (the “Initiative”). In August 2009, three sponsors filed an application with the Lieutenant Governor of Alaska to certify the Initiative. On October 23, 2009, the Lieutenant Governor certified the Initiative, allowing its circulation for gathering signatures. On November 3, 2009, three Alaska citizens filed their complaint for declaratory and injunctive …
REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES
Planned Parenthood of Alaska v. Campbell

3AN-09-09236CI | Alaska state trial court

Filed Date: July 31, 2009

Closed Date: Oct. 6, 2010

This is a state court case challenging a ballot initiative in the state of Alaska. In 1997, the Alaska legislature passed the Parental Consent Act (PCA), a law requiring unemancipated minor patients to first obtain parental consent or judicial authorization before seeking abortions. A 10-year legal battle culminated in the Alaska Supreme Court’s declaration that the PCA unconstitutionally violated the patient’s right to privacy, but that the state constitution could permit a parental notificati…
REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES
Planned Parenthood of Alaska v. State

3AN 97-6014 | Alaska state trial court

Filed Date: July 25, 1997

Case Ongoing

This is a state court case challenging an abortion restriction in the state of Alaska. SB 24 (the "Parental Consent Act" or "PCA") enacted on May 2, 1997, prohibited any unemancipated or unmarried woman under 17 years of age from having an abortion unless she first obtained the consent of a parent, guardian, or custodian or a court order authorizing the procedure. Anybody providing an abortion on a minor in non-compliance with this consent requirement would be subject to criminal and civil liab…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
Anchorage School District v. M.G

3:17-cv-00157 | U.S. District Court for the District of Alaska

Filed Date: July 12, 2017

Closed Date: March 27, 2019

This case is about whether an Alaska school district was required by the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) to provide a student with blindness and other disabilities with an education a specialized school in Massachusetts. The student was a young man with multiple disabilities, including autism, gastrointestinal disorders, cognitive impairments, and impending blindness. His Individualized Education Plan (IEP) established he needed to attend a school for the blind in order to ad…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Disability Law Center of Alaska v. Meyer

3:20-cv-00173 | U.S. District Court for the District of Alaska

Filed Date: July 20, 2020

Closed Date: Sept. 27, 2021

COVID-19 Summary: This case was filed on July 17, 2020 by three nonprofit advocacy groups and two individual plaintiffs in Alaska, seeking injunctive relief enjoining the state from only sending mail absentee applications to voters over 65 years old for the 2020 federal elections and a declaration that the state's policy was unconstitutional. On September 3, 2020, the court denied the plaintiff's motion for a preliminary injunction. The plaintiffs appealed the denial of the preliminary injuncti…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Arctic Village Council v. Meyer

20-07858 | Alaska state trial court

Filed Date: Sept. 8, 2020

Closed Date: Oct. 12, 2020

COVID-19 Summary: This case, initially being tracked by the Stanford-MIT Healthy Elections Project, was filed by Arctic Village Council, the League of Women Voters, and individual Alaska voters with underlying health conditions. The plaintiffs sought an order enjoining the State of Alaska from enforcing its notarization/witness requirement for mail in-ballots during the November 2020 election, arguing that the requirement left self-isolated, immunocompromised citizens with an untenable choice b…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Alaska Libertarian Party v. Fenumiai

3:20-cv-00127 | U.S. District Court for the District of Alaska

Filed Date: June 3, 2020

Closed Date: July 13, 2020

COVID-19 Summary: This action, initially being tracked by the Stanford/MIT Healthy Elections Project, was filed on June 3, 2020 by the Alaska Libertarian Party, seeking lowered signature requirements to appear on the ballot for the 2020 Presidential Election. The court issued an order on July 10 stating that it was unlikely to grant the plaintiffs' motion for a preliminary injunction. The plaintiffs voluntarily dismissed the case on July 13, 2020. The Alaska Libertarian Party filed this case …
PUBLIC ACCOMMODATIONS/CONTRACTING
The Downtown Soup Kitchen v. Municipality of Anchorage

3:18-cv-00190 | U.S. District Court for the District of Alaska

Filed Date: Aug. 15, 2018

Case Ongoing

A faith-based women’s shelter in Anchorage filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of Alaska. The shelter, represented by Alliance Defending Freedom, sued the Municipality of Anchorage and the Anchorage Equal Rights Commission for violating the organization’s First and Fourteenth Amendment rights. It alleged that Anchorage, acting in bad faith, had engaged in irrelevant, harassing, and overreaching investigations of the shelter, baselessly accusing the shelter o…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Dowl v. Williams

3:18-cv-00119 | U.S. District Court for the District of Alaska

Filed Date: May 22, 2018

Case Ongoing

On May 22, 2018, two prisoners at the Anchorage Correctional Complex, both practicing Muslims, brought this lawsuit against the Alaska Department of Corrections (DOC), alleging that prison officials failed numerous times to accommodate their religious needs during Ramadan. According to the plaintiffs, during both the 2017 and 2018 Ramadan seasons they received only two bagged meals per day, which were smaller, less in number, and lower in calorie count than the legally required amount. In some …
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
Hamby v. Parnell

3:14-cv-00089 | U.S. District Court for the District of Alaska

Filed Date: May 12, 2014

Closed Date: 2015

On May 12, 2014, five same-sex couples living in Alaska filed this lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Alaska, against the state of Alaska. The plaintiffs, represented by private counsel, asked the court to declare Alaska's same-sex marriage ban unconstitutional, to recognize valid marriages carried out in other states, and to enjoin the enforcement of the marriage ban.In their complaint, the plaintiffs claimed that Alaska's ban on same-sex marriage vio…