Brooks Range Petroleum Corporation, Petitioner v. Daniel P. Shearer, Respondent.

Summary

The Alaska Supreme Court held that the Second Judicial District was not a proper venue for either Shearer's misrepresentation claims or his contract-based claims. The misrepresentation claims arose where Shearer suffered pecuniary loss, and the contract claims arose where a substantial part of the events giving rise to them occurred; neither was the North Slope. The court reversed and remanded with instructions to transfer the case to the Third Judicial District.