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Alaska Stat. § 22.05.010 (2026)

Jurisdiction

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Sec. 22.05.010. Jurisdiction.
 (a) The supreme court has final appellate jurisdiction in all actions and proceedings. However, a party has only one appeal as a matter of right from an action or proceeding commenced in either the district court or the superior court.

 (b) Appeal to the supreme court is a matter of right only in those actions and proceedings from which there is no right of appeal to the court of appeals under AS 22.07.020 or to the superior court under AS 22.10.020 or AS 22.15.240.

 (c) A decision of the superior court on an appeal from an administrative agency decision may be appealed to the supreme court as a matter of right.

 (d) The supreme court may in its discretion review a final decision of the court of appeals on application of a party under AS 22.07.030. The supreme court may in its discretion review a final decision of the superior court on an appeal of a civil case commenced in the district court. In this subsection, “final decision” means a decision or order, other than a dismissal by consent of all parties, that closes a matter in the court of appeals or the superior court, as applicable.

 (e) The supreme court may issue injunctions, writs, and all other process necessary to the complete exercise of its jurisdiction.

 (f) The supreme court may, in its discretion, review a final decision of the Military Appeals Commission under AS 26.05.645 for which a sentence of confinement is imposed, the right to appeal to the Military Appeals Commission under AS 26.05.615 or AS 26.05.640 has been exhausted, and a petition for review is filed under AS 26.05.645.




Notes of Decisions
Cited in 115 cases (24 in the last 5 years), 1963–2025 · leading case: State v. Browder, 486 P.2d 925 (Alaska 1971).
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State v. Browder, 486 P.2d 925 (Alaska 1971). · cites it 31× “" Pursuant to this grant of power the legislature in AS 22.05.010 delineated the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of Alaska in the following manner: The supreme court has final appellate jurisdiction in all actions and proceedings.”
Kott v. State, 678 P.2d 386 (Alaska 1984). · cites it 15× “This language was taken, without substantial change, from former AS 22.05.010 defining the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court; [1] and from AS 22.”
City & Borough of Juneau v. Thibodeau, 595 P.2d 626 (Alaska 1979). · cites it 7× “We held that even though appeal as a matter of right pursuant to Appellate Rule 5 was foreclosed because AS 22.05.010 [10] and Rule 5 prohibited the state from appealing a criminal case except "to test the sufficiency of the indictment or on the ground that the sentence is too…”
In Re Hospitalization of Naomi B., 435 P.3d 918 (Alaska 2019). · cites it 2× “-12- 7328 appeals.”27 We concluded the statute did not “requir[e] appellate review of a moot civil commitment dispute.”
Wharton v. State, 590 P.2d 427 (Alaska 1979). · cites it 7× “Section 1 of the 1969 act amended AS 22.05.010 by adding a new subsection: (b) The supreme court has jurisdiction to hear appeals of sentences of imprisonment lawfully imposed by the superior courts on the grounds that the sentence is excessive or too lenient and, in the…”
State v. Carlin, 249 P.3d 752 (Alaska 2011). · cites it 3× “Former AS 22.05.010 (1976), repealed by ch. 12, § 2, SLA 1980.”
Huit v. Ashwater Burns, Inc., 372 P.3d 904 (Alaska 2016). · cites it 2× “129(a) provides in part: "Consistent with AS 22.05.010(b), [45] final decisions of the commission may be appealed to the supreme court, and other orders may be reviewed by the supreme court as provided by the Alaska Rules of Appellate Procedure.”
Rozkydal v. State, 938 P.2d 1091 (Alaska Ct. App. 1997). · cites it 5× “Under former AS 22.05.010 (as it existed in 1971), the legislature had placed substantial restrictions on the State’s right of appeal in criminal eases: the State had no right of appeal except “to test the sufficiency of the indictment or [to assert] that the sentence [was] too…”
Holden v. State, 190 P.3d 725 (Alaska Ct. App. 2008). · cites it 8× “in the cireumstances specified in AS 22.05.010." | Both this statute and this rule use the word "may".”
State v. Marathon Oil Co., 528 P.2d 293 (Alaska 1974). · cites it 6× “It was held there that the limitation in AS 22.05.010 could not preclude' a petition for review 4 to this court filed by the state-where the matter sought to be reviewed involved a non-final order or deci.”
Breese Ex Rel. Breese v. Smith, 501 P.2d 159 (Alaska 1972). · cites it 4× “Breese contends that the lower court's memorandum opinion and order constitute a "final judgment" within the intendment of Rule 6 of the Alaska Supreme Court Rules [4] and AS 22.05.010, [5] and that therefore the jurisdiction of this court is properly invoked.”
Webber v. Webber, 706 P.2d 329 (Alaska Ct. App. 1985). · cites it 6× “AS 22.05.010(a). Thus, the Alaska Supreme Court has final appellate jurisdiction in all cases.”
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— Alaska Stat. § 22.05.010(a) — 29 cases
City & Borough of Juneau v. Thibodeau, 595 P.2d 626 (Alaska 1979). “We held that even though appeal as a matter of right pursuant to Appellate Rule 5 was foreclosed because AS 22.05.010 [10] and Rule 5 prohibited the state from appealing a criminal case except "to test the sufficiency of the indictment or on the ground that the sentence is too…”
Beal v. Beal, 88 P.3d 104 (Alaska 2004).
Webber v. Webber, 706 P.2d 329 (Alaska Ct. App. 1985). “AS 22.05.010(a). Thus, the Alaska Supreme Court has final appellate jurisdiction in all cases.”
State v. Gieffels, 554 P.2d 460 (Alaska 1976).
Kott v. State, 678 P.2d 386 (Alaska 1984). “This language was taken, without substantial change, from former AS 22.05.010 defining the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court; [1] and from AS 22.”
— Alaska Stat. § 22.05.010(b) — 20 cases
Huit v. Ashwater Burns, Inc., 372 P.3d 904 (Alaska 2016). “129(a) provides in part: "Consistent with AS 22.05.010(b), [45] final decisions of the commission may be appealed to the supreme court, and other orders may be reviewed by the supreme court as provided by the Alaska Rules of Appellate Procedure.”
Wharton v. State, 590 P.2d 427 (Alaska 1979). “Section 1 of the 1969 act amended AS 22.05.010 by adding a new subsection: (b) The supreme court has jurisdiction to hear appeals of sentences of imprisonment lawfully imposed by the superior courts on the grounds that the sentence is excessive or too lenient and, in the…”
Barrington v. Alaska Commc'ns Sys. Grp., Inc., 198 P.3d 1122 (Alaska 2009).
Mund v. State, 325 P.3d 535 (Alaska Ct. App. 2014).
State v. Hannagan, 559 P.2d 1059 (Alaska 1977).
— Alaska Stat. § 22.05.010(c) — 11 cases
In Re Hospitalization of Naomi B., 435 P.3d 918 (Alaska 2019). “-12- 7328 appeals.”27 We concluded the statute did not “requir[e] appellate review of a moot civil commitment dispute.”
Holden v. State, 190 P.3d 725 (Alaska Ct. App. 2008). “in the cireumstances specified in AS 22.05.010." | Both this statute and this rule use the word "may".”
In Re the Necessity for the Hospitalization of Mark V., 324 P.3d 840 (Alaska 2014).
Mun. of Anchorage v. Anderson, 37 P.3d 420 (Alaska 2001).
Underwater Constr., Inc. v. Shirley, 884 P.2d 156 (Alaska 1994).
— Alaska Stat. § 22.05.010(d) — 4 cases
Marlon Mack v. State of Alaska, 523 P.3d 1235 (Alaska Ct. App. 2023).
Romero v. Alaska Fin. Servs., Inc., 873 P.2d 1278 (Alaska 1994).
Yako William Collins v. State of Alaska, 568 P.3d 349 (Alaska 2025).
Freitag v. Gohr, 651 P.2d 356 (Alaska 1982).
— Alaska Stat. § 22.05.010(e) — 1 case
Preston v. State, 634 P.2d 550 (Alaska 1981).
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