(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.

Terms Used In Alaska Statutes 22.05.010

  • action: includes any matter or proceeding in a court, civil or criminal. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Appellate: About appeals; an appellate court has the power to review the judgement of another lower court or tribunal.
  • Dismissal: The dropping of a case by the judge without further consideration or hearing. Source:
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
(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 Alaska Stat. § 22.07.020 or to the superior court under Alaska Stat. § 22.10.020 or Alaska Stat. § 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 Alaska Stat. § 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 Alaska Stat. § 26.05.645 for which a sentence of confinement is imposed, the right to appeal to the Military Appeals Commission under Alaska Stat. § 26.05.615 or Alaska Stat. § 26.05.640 has been exhausted, and a petition for review is filed under Alaska Stat. § 26.05.645.
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