Studley v. Alaska Public Offices Commission

Summary

The court affirmed the superior court’s decision upholding the Commission’s denial of Studley’s exemption request and its civil penalty for failing to disclose his real estate clients and related income. It held that generalized hypothetical harms did not satisfy his burden to prove that an exemption applied, that the real estate confidentiality statutes did not uniformly prohibit disclosure, and that he had not shown violations of his clients’ or his own constitutional rights. The court concluded that Studley could run for office by making the required disclosures or proving a specific exemption.