Wernberg v. Matanuska Electric Association

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that although argument had been raised, since the issue had only been given cursory treatment and no citation to authority was provided, the issue was waived
• holding inadequately briefed issues abandoned on appeal, relying on case law and former Supreme Court Rule 11(a)(8) requiring briefs to cite to record and authorities in support of each point
• noting that the trial court rejected as “speculative” landowner’s claimed lost-use damages based on his allegedly intended use of land as an airstrip, where the landowner had taken no steps to develop that use
• although an argument was raised, the issue had only been given cursory treatment and was waived where no citation to any authority was provided
• although an argument was raised, the issue had only been given cursory treatment and was waived where no citation to any authority was provided
• arguments given only cursory treatment and unsupported by citations to legal authority considered abandoned

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).