Davis Wright Tremaine LLP v. State, Department of Administration

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• noting that “a provision’s omission in a statute typically is interpreted to be intentional when the provision is present in a similar statute” (citing 2B NORMAN J. SINGER & J. D. SHAMBIE SINGER, SUTHERLAND ON STATUTES AND STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION § 51:2, at 213-14 (7th ed. 2007)
• describing reasonable basis test as “whether the agency’s decision is supported by the facts and has a reasonable basis in law, even if we may not agree with the agency’s ultimate determination”
• “We give more deference to agency interpretations that are ‘longstanding and continuous.’ ” (quoting Marathon Oil Co. v. State, Dep’t of Nat. Res., 254 P.3d 1078, 1082 (Alaska 2011))
• “We apply the reasonable basis standard to questions of law involving ‘agency expertise or the determination of fundamental policies within the scope of the agency’s statutory functions.’ ” (quoting Marathon Oil Co. v. State, Dep’t of Nat. Res., 254 P.3d 1078, 1082 (Alaska 2011

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