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second step inquiry in Alaska

5 Alaska opinions name it 1 courts 2019–2025 4 in the last five years

The cases below were cited by Alaska courts in a sentence that names this issue. Sides come from how each citing opinion treated the case (Syfertize flag on that citation), so a case can appear on both: that is where the law is contested. A red or yellow chip is the case's own overall treatment.

Followed or applied (3)

CaseFollowedCited
Garcetti v. Ceballosgreen
scotus · 2006 · cited in 1 Alaska opinions naming this issue, 2025–2025
2 sentences

2025Dist., 597 U.S. 507, 527-28 (2022). 23 Id. (quoting Garcetti v. Ceballos, 547 U.S. 410, 423 (2006)). 24 Id. - 17 - 7755 efficiency of the public services it performs through its employees.” 25 If the State’s “legitimate countervailing interests are sufficiently strong,” the court will uphold the State’s restriction. 26 The second step of the inquiry is dispositive in this case.

2025Dist., 597 U.S. 507, 527-28 (2022). 23 Id. (quoting Garcetti v. Ceballos, 547 U.S. 410, 423 (2006)). 24 Id. - 17 - 7755 efficiency of the public services it performs through its employees.” 25 If the State’s “legitimate countervailing interests are sufficiently strong,” the court will uphold the State’s restriction. 26 The second step of the inquiry is dispositive in this case.

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Kennedy v. Bremerton School Dist.green
scotus · 2022 · cited in 1 Alaska opinions naming this issue, 2025–2025
2 sentences

2025Dist., 597 U.S. 507, 527-28 (2022). 23 Id. (quoting Garcetti v. Ceballos, 547 U.S. 410, 423 (2006)). 24 Id. - 17 - 7755 efficiency of the public services it performs through its employees.” 25 If the State’s “legitimate countervailing interests are sufficiently strong,” the court will uphold the State’s restriction. 26 The second step of the inquiry is dispositive in this case.

2025Dist., 597 U.S. 507, 527-28 (2022). 23 Id. (quoting Garcetti v. Ceballos, 547 U.S. 410, 423 (2006)). 24 Id. - 17 - 7755 efficiency of the public services it performs through its employees.” 25 If the State’s “legitimate countervailing interests are sufficiently strong,” the court will uphold the State’s restriction. 26 The second step of the inquiry is dispositive in this case.

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State of Alaska v. Kenneth John Jouppigreen
alaskactapp · 2022 · cited in 1 Alaska opinions naming this issue, 2025–2025
1 sentence

2025The second step of analysis under the Excessive Fines Clause requires us to determine whether the forfeiture was “excessive.”55 The Court has emphasized that 52 See Jouppi II, 519 P.3d 653, 678-81 (Alaska App. 2022) (Mannheimer, J., concurring in part and dissenting in part) (concluding that legislative history demonstrates that legislature “viewed the mandatory forfeiture of aircraft as a severe but necessary penalty to punish and deter the smuggling of alcoholic beverages into rural Alaska”). 53 See AS 04.16.220(e).

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Distinguished, questioned or overruled (0)

CaseNegativeCited
No negative-treatment citations attached to this issue in Alaska. Read the followed side critically anyway.

Also cited on this issue (3)

CaseCitedYears
Hcs v. Capa green
alaska · 2002
1 sentence

2025The bracketed alteration in Baron’s text (“whether” instead of “that”) follows H.C.S.’s statement of the second step in the analysis: “Once the petitioner demonstrates changed circumstances, the court must decide whether the existing appointment is in the ward’s best interests.” H.C.S., 42 P.3d at 1099 . -16- 7753 Whether circumstances have materially changed is a fact-specific determination.52 In the similar contexts of child custody modification and removal of guardians for incapacitated persons, we have held that changes in a parent’s ability to provide care for a child can constitute mater

12025–2025
Huit v. Ashwater Burns, Inc. green
alaska · 2016
2 sentences

2021Because many of her attacks against these opinions entail weighing them against each other and other evidence in the record, we address all of those criticisms in deciding at the third stage whether the Board’s decision is supported by substantial evidence. 24 Huit, 372 P.3d at 907 . 25 Id. at 908 (quoting AS 23.30.010(a)). 26 Id. at 907 . -20- 7549 whether these amendments altered the standards for evaluating the employer’s evidence at the second step of the presumption analysis.27 However, we did observe that “something cannot be ‘the substantial cause’ of a disability if it is not a cause a

2021Because many of her attacks against these opinions entail weighing them against each other and other evidence in the record, we address all of those criticisms in deciding at the third stage whether the Board’s decision is supported by substantial evidence. 24 Huit, 372 P.3d at 907 . 25 Id. at 908 (quoting AS 23.30.010(a)). 26 Id. at 907 . -20- 7549 whether these amendments altered the standards for evaluating the employer’s evidence at the second step of the presumption analysis.27 However, we did observe that “something cannot be ‘the substantial cause’ of a disability if it is not a cause a

12021–2021
Doe v. Pataki green
ca2 · 1997
1 sentence

2019Doe v. Pataki , 120 F.3d 1263 , 1266 (2d Cir. 1997).

12019–2019

Where else courts name it

TX 253 (1984–2026) CA 185 (1964–2026) OH 96 (1984–2025) IL 95 (1984–2026) IN 76 (1989–2025) IA 58 (1988–2026) MO 53 (1988–2019) OR 44 (1985–2026) KS 43 (1994–2026) WI 34 (1988–2026) NM 33 (1993–2026) WA 31 (1995–2025) PA 25 (1981–2026) NJ 24 (1983–2026) GA 23 (1985–2026) TN 23 (2001–2020) RI 21 (1983–2021) MI 20 (1975–2026) CT 20 (1985–2023) ID 20 (1993–2026) MN 18 (1988–2026) NY 17 (1988–2025) NC 15 (1986–2022) LA 14 (1991–2017) FL 14 (1999–2021) CO 14 (1989–2025) NV 11 (2012–2024) DE 11 (1983–2026) KY 11 (2010–2025) DC 11 (1984–2026) ME 11 (1981–2025) SC 10 (1990–2017) MD 9 (1993–2025) NE 9 (2015–2019) MS 9 (2007–2024) UT 9 (1991–2026) VT 8 (1990–2025) NH 8 (1985–2021) AR 7 (2018–2025) MA 7 (1981–2024) WY 7 (2005–2025) AK 5 (2019–2025) WV 5 (1989–2017) SD 4 (1985–2018) ND 4 (2002–2016) MT 4 (2003–2025) AL 4 (1994–2016) VI 4 (2012–2024) VA 4 (1992–2025) HI 3 (2002–2015) OK 2 (1991–2011)

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