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· 6/20/1986

Doe v. Alaska Superior Court, Third Judicial District

Citations

  • 721 P.2d 617
  • 1986 Alas. LEXIS 350

How courts have described this case

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

  • explaining that Alaska's right of privacy is implicated by the disclosure of personal information concerning a person's intimate concerns
  • noting that we have repeatedly declined to interpret the free-speech provision of the Alaska Constitution as providing absolute immunity against defamation liability, and observing that \[wle have [instead] afforded defendants only a qualified privilege\
  • noting that we have repeatedly declined to interpret the free-speech provision of the Alaska Constitution as providing absolute immunity against defamation liability, and observing that “[w]e have [instead] afforded defendants only a qualified privilege”
  • involving request for documents in litigation discovery rather than a request under the public records act
  • directing trial judges to perform in camera inspection of documents when the government claims that they are protected by the executive privilege
  • recognizing as a matter of law executive privilege for governor

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Judges: Rabinowitz, Burke, Matthews, Compton, Moore

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