Commercial Fisheries Entry Commission v. Byayuk

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• noting that “whether [a] holding overrules prior law or decides an issue of first impression” is threshold question for retroactivity analysis
• automatic reversal of prior verdicts is serious, but merely requiring new trial is less severe
• \[W]hether the holding overrules prior law or decides an issue of first impression[] serves as a threshold test to determine whether a purely prospective application of a new rule of law is even at issue.\
• \[WJhether the holding overrules prior law or decides an issue of first impression{ ] serves as a threshold test to determine whether a purely prospective application of a new rule of law is even at issue.\
• underlying decision struck down Commission’s interpretation of 20 AAC 05.-630(b)(2)

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