Brooks Range Exploration Co. v. Gordon

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• holding that superior court may not summarily enforce settlement agreement without conducting evidentiary hearing unless there are no genuine issues of material fact regarding terms of agreement
• “[Wjhere the literal interpretation of a statute would lead to absurd results, courts can interpret the words of the statute to agree with the intention of the legislature.”
• “[W]here the literal interpretation of a statute would lead to absurd results, courts can interpret the words of the statute to agree with the intention of the legislature.” (citing Sherman v. Holiday Constr. Co., 435 P.2d 16, 18-19 (Alaska 1967))

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