Ace Delivery & Moving, Inc., Appellant v. State of Alaska, Alaska State Commission for Human Rights, Paula M…

Summary

The court affirmed the denial of attorney's fees to Ace after the Commission dismissed the hostile-work-environment claim on the ground that the employee was not a member of the groups allegedly disparaged. It held that the Commission's governing statute and regulation supplied a reasonable basis for denying fees and that none of the constitutional, federal civil-rights, or employment-discrimination fee provisions applied or required an award. The court also held that Ace's constitutional defenses did not make it a prevailing party on a constitutional claim because those defenses were rejected. No separate opinions were filed.