Court Opinion

ID: 9544786
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-07 17:01:46.311104+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T15:13:40.164987
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RABINOWITZ, Chief Justice,
concurring.
For the reasons stated in my dissent in Commercial Fisheries Entry Commission v. Polushkin, Op.No. 2300, (Alaska, Feb. 27, 1981), I would apply the general rule that where any party has requested permission to submit additional evidence on appeal, or where the superior court judge has decided sua sponte to review any aspect of the case de novo, then any party to the appeal has a right to a peremptory challenge, unless that party has previously exercised that right and thus exhausted it for that particular proceeding.
Here, there is no indication in the record that any party requested permission to submit additional evidence, or that the superior court expressed any intention to review any aspect of the case de novo. Thus, I agree with the court’s conclusion that no right to a peremptory challenge attached here. However, as in Polushkin, I would extend that right on remand if any party does make a request to submit additional evidence.