Muller v. BP Exploration (Alaska) Inc.

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that “[ejxtending the reach of the anti-discrimination law to employment decisions based on to whom a person is married would change the focus of the law from discrimination based on broad categories ... to a highly individual factor”
• applying plain meaning absent convincing evidence of a contrary legislative purpose
• defining marital status as \condition of being married or unmarried\
• listing cases on each side of the issue

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

62 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Alyeska Pipeline Service Co. v. DeShong
  Alaska Supreme Court· 2003-10-03· cited 67×
• Donato v. American Tel. & Tel. Co.
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2000-01-20· cited 59×
• Shehata v. Salvation Army
  Alaska Supreme Court· 2010-03-12· cited 58×
• Magula v. Benton Franklin Title Co.
  Washington Supreme Court· 1997-01-30· cited 47×
• City of Valdez v. State
  Alaska Supreme Court· 2016-04-29· cited 44×
• Government Employees Insurance Co. v. Graham-Gonzalez
  Alaska Supreme Court· 2005-02-18· cited 43×
• McDonnell v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company
  Alaska Supreme Court· 2013-04-26· cited 42×
• State v. Planned Parenthood of the Great Northwest
  Alaska Supreme Court· 2019-02-15· cited 42×
• Alaska Airlines, Inc. v. Darrow
  Alaska Supreme Court· 2017-08-25· cited 41×
• Young v. Embley
  Alaska Supreme Court· 2006-09-08· cited 39×
• Thoeni v. Consumer Electronic Services
  Alaska Supreme Court· 2007-01-12· cited 35×
• Toliver v. Alaska State Commission for Human Rights
  Alaska Supreme Court· 2012-06-29· cited 35×
• Western Star Trucks, Inc. v. Big Iron Equipment Service, Inc.
  Alaska Supreme Court· 2004-11-26· cited 32×
• University of Alaska v. Tumeo
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1997-03-14· cited 31×
• State, Department of Commerce, Community & Economic Development, Division of Insurance v. Alyeska Pipeline Service Co.
  Alaska Supreme Court· 2011-06-10· cited 31×
• Alaska Conservation Foundation v. Pebble Limited Partnership
  Alaska Supreme Court· 2015-05-29· cited 31×
• Fancyboy v. Alaska Village Electric Cooperative, Inc.
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1999-08-13· cited 26×
• Jones v. Bowie Industries, Inc.
  Alaska Supreme Court· 2012-06-29· cited 26×
• City of Fairbanks v. Amoco Chemical Co.
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1998-01-30· cited 25×
• State, Department of Commerce, Community & Economic Development, Division of Insurance v. Progressive Casualty Insurance Co.
  Alaska Supreme Court· 2007-08-17· cited 25×

Cites

35 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Brecht v. Abrahamson
  Supreme Court· 1993-06-07· cited 7,022×
• Guin v. Ha
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1979-03-16· cited 688×
• Schneidewind v. ANR Pipeline Co.
  Supreme Court· 1988-03-22· cited 488×
• Tesoro Alaska Petroleum Co. v. Kenai Pipe Line Co.
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1987-12-04· cited 218×
• State v. Alex
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1982-04-23· cited 130×
• Washington Water Power Co. v. Washington State Human Rights Commission
  Washington Supreme Court· 1978-11-16· cited 100×
• Public Defender Agency v. Superior Court, Third Judicial District
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1975-04-09· cited 88×
• North Slope Borough v. Sohio Petroleum Corp.
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1978-10-20· cited 88×
• Miller v. C a Muer Corp.
  Michigan Supreme Court· 1985-01-15· cited 82×
• Manhattan Pizza Hut, Inc. v. New York State Human Rights Appeal Board
  New York Court of Appeals· 1980-12-18· cited 76×
• Peninsula Marketing Ass'n v. State
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1991-09-20· cited 73×
• Loomis Electronics Protection, Inc. v. Schaefer
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1976-05-14· cited 55×
• Rydwell v. Anchorage School District
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1993-12-03· cited 52×
• Union Oil Co. of California v. Department of Revenue
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1977-02-16· cited 51×
• State, Department of Natural Resources v. City of Haines
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1981-05-08· cited 47×
• Wilson v. Municipality of Anchorage
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1983-09-09· cited 46×
• Kraft, Inc. v. State
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1979-09-14· cited 44×
• Hafling v. Inlandboatmen's Union of the Pacific
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1978-10-06· cited 44×
• Thompson v. BOARD OF TRUSTEES, SCH. DIST., ETC.
  Montana Supreme Court· 1981-05-06· cited 33×
• Foreman v. Anchorage Equal Rights Commission
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1989-09-08· cited 33×