Alaska Supreme Court

Pebble Limited Partnership, Acting Through Its General Partner, Pebble Mines Corp., Petitioner v. — Winfree, J…

August 17, 20112011 Alas. LEXIS 81

Summary

Justice Winfree, dissenting, would have granted review and treated the petition as an appeal from a final order resolving Pebble's pre-election challenge to a municipal ballot initiative. The dissent reasoned that the superior court either failed to decide two challenges that required resolution before the election or, if it rejected them, entered a final judgment subject to appellate review. Justice Stowers, concurring in the denial of review, agreed that the superior court should have ruled on all grounds but concluded that the election's timing made expedited review impracticable.