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PETERSON v. STATE

No. S-14233.

280 P.3d 559 (2012)

Russell PETERSON, Jr., Petitioner, v. STATE of Alaska, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

July 20, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Douglas K. Mertz, Mertz Law Office, Juneau, for Petitioner. John M. Ptacin, Assistant Attorney General, Anchorage, and John J. Burns, Attorney General, Juneau, for Respondent.

Justin W. Roberts, Anchorage, Lynn K. Rhinehart, James P. Coppess, and Matthew J. Ginsburg, AFL-CIO, Washington, D.C., and Michael Rubin, Altshuler Berzon LLP, San Francisco, California, for Amicus Curiae AFL-CIO.

Before: CARPENETI, Chief Justice, FABE, WINFREE, and STOWERS, Justices.

OPINION

WINFREE, Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

A State of Alaska employee was discharged. With union representation, the employee challenged his termination in grievance proceedings; he was unsuccessful. When he later filed suit for wrongful termination, the State subpoenaed the union representative to appear for a deposition with the union's grievance file. The superior court denied the employee's privilege-based request for a protective order...

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