Opinion ID: 1209439
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 4

Heading: Substantiality Of The Justification As A Factual Matter.

Text: There is no doubt that Alaska has an unemployment rate which is higher than the national average and that this constitutes a serious problem. What is lacking is a showing that non-residents are a peculiar source of the evil of unemployment. This is in the first instance a factual question. Camden, 465 U.S. at 223, 104 S.Ct. at 1030, 79 L.Ed.2d at 262; Hicklin, 437 U.S. at 526-27, 98 S.Ct. at 2487-88, 57 L.Ed.2d at 405. The trial court found that there is not sufficient evidence to support a finding that non-resident construction workers are a peculiar source of unemployment in the construction industry in Alaska anymore than they would be in any other state. Instead, the trial court detailed other causes of unemployment in the construction industry, including climatic extremes, the absence of construction activities in rural areas, and the lack of training prevalent among rural Alaskans. These findings, which are similar to those noted by the United States Supreme Court in Hicklin, 437 U.S. at 526-27, 98 S.Ct. at 2487-88, 57 L.Ed.2d at 405, are supported by the record. [7] As such they are not clearly erroneous and may not be disturbed on appeal. Civil Rule 52(a).