Alaska Supreme Court

Jeff Graham v. Municipality of Anchorage

August 9, 2019446 P.3d 349

Summary

The Alaska Supreme Court affirmed the denial of Jeff Graham's request for full attorney's fees and costs under the collective bargaining agreement. It held that the agreement's fee provision applies only when a party seeks judicial enforcement of an arbitrator's decision, and no arbitration occurred in Graham's case. The provision also could not be broadly construed to cover an individual employee's independent litigation against the Municipality.