Ben Latham, Appellant v. Governor Sarah Palin and Alaska Attorney General Talis Colberg, Appellees

Summary

The Alaska Supreme Court affirmed dismissal of Latham's lawsuit against the governor and attorney general. It held that collateral estoppel barred damages claims because prior litigation conclusively established that the 1995 legislation did not injure Latham, and discretionary immunity barred his declaratory-judgment claims because the challenged decision not to contest the legislation was a high-level policy choice. No separate opinions were provided.