Black’s Law Dictionary, Fifth Edition, West Publ., 1971, page 251 . 17

Coley v. Gray, 30 A. 728, 733 (Del. 1884). 4

Mink v. Keim, 41 N.Y.S.2d 769,771 (N.Y. 1943); Black’s Law Dictionary, Fifth Edition, West Publ., 1971, page 892, under Merits. 5

General Conference Corp. v. Seventh Day Adventist Church,

887 F.2d 228, (9th Cir. 1989), cert. denied, 493 U.S.

1079 (1990). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20, 21

Guin v. Ha, 591 P.2d 1281, 1286 n. 6 (Alaska 1979). . . . . . . 16

Loomis Electronic Protection, Inc. v. Schaefer, 549 P.2d 1341

(Alaska 1976). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Mahan v. Hardland, 410 P.2d 156, (Mont. 1966), . . . . . 19

North American Provision Company v. Kinman, 6 N.E. 2^nd. 235

(Ill. 1937) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

People v. Kelly, 179 N.E. 898, (Ill. 1931) . . . . . . . . . 19

Inc., 907 F. Supp. 1361 (N.D. Ca. 1995). . . . . . . . . . 21

Swanner v. Anchorage Equal Rights Comm’n, 874 P.2d 274, 277

(Alaska 1994). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Books

A Citizen’s Guide to the Constitution of the State of Alaska, Institute

of Social and Economic Research, University of Alaska,

Lee Gorsuch, Director (1982), page iv. . . . . . . . 6