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Industrial Indemnity Co. v. State

Citations

  • 669 P.2d 561
  • 1983 Alas. LEXIS 474

How courts have described this case

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

  • \[T]he courts of Alaska should not attempt to balance the detailed and competing elements of legislative or executive decisions.\
  • “Decisions regarding the allocation of scarce resources are usually discretionary, and thus immune from judicial inquiry.”
  • “The judicial branch lacks the fact-finding ability of the legislature, and the special expertise of the executive departments.”
  • “Decisions regarding the allocation of scarce resources are usually discretionary, and thus immune from judicial inquiry.”
  • \[C]ourts must not intrude into realms of policy exceeding their institutional competence.\
  • \[C]ourts must not intrude into realms of policy exceeding their institutional competence.\

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Judges: Witz, Burke, Rabinowitz, Matthews, Compton, Dimond

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