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Chugach Electric Association v. Northern Corp.

Supreme Court of Alaska
May 20, 1977
563 P.2d 883 (Alaska 1977)

Opinion

Nos. 2779, 2891.

May 20, 1977.

Appeal from State of Alaska, Superior Court, Third Judicial District, Anchorage District; James K. Singleton, Judge.

Sanford M. Gibbs, Hagans, Smith Brown, Anchorage, for appellant and cross-appellee.

Donna C. Willard, Richmond, Willoughby Willard, Anchorage, Bruce T. Rinker, DeGarmo, Leedy, Oles Morrison, Seattle, Wash., and Peter B. Walton, Anchorage, for appellee and cross-appellant.

Before BOOCHEVER, Chief Justice, and RABINOWITZ, CONNOR and BURKE, Justices.


OPINION ON REHEARING


Cross-appellant Northern Corporation has filed a petition for rehearing in this matter contending that it should be granted rehearing on the issue of damages sustained because Chugach allegedly required it to remain in readiness to perform. Our study of the petition has not persuaded us to modify our decision in this matter.

See Chugach Elec. Ass'n v. Northern Corp., 562 P.2d 1053, Opinion No. 1408 (Alaska 1977).

Northern's 14th point in its cross-appeal reads:

The trial court erred in not concluding that Northern Corporation kept its equipment on the job site throughout the summer and fall of 1967 only as a result of the insistence of Chugach Electric.

However, Northern's brief does not discuss this point. Our prior decisions have held that either cursory treatment of, or failure to argue, a point on appeal constitutes an abandonment of the particular point in question. See, e.g., Kenai Power Corp. v. Strandberg, 415 P.2d 659, 660 (Alaska 1966); DeArmond v. Alaska State Development Corp., 376 P.2d 717, 725 (Alaska 1962); Veal v. Newlin, Inc., 367 P.2d 155, 156 (Alaska 1961).

Northern's brief asserts that damages were erroneously computed, however, not for this particular reason.

ERWIN, Justice, not participating.


Summaries of

Chugach Electric Association v. Northern Corp.

Supreme Court of Alaska
May 20, 1977
563 P.2d 883 (Alaska 1977)
Case details for

Chugach Electric Association v. Northern Corp.

Case Details

Full title:CHUGACH ELECTRIC ASSOCIATION, APPELLANT, v. NORTHERN CORPORATION…

Court:Supreme Court of Alaska

Date published: May 20, 1977

Citations

563 P.2d 883 (Alaska 1977)

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