20 Fair empl.prac.cas. 49, 20 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 30,033 Jack R. Simpson v. Alaska State Commission for Human Rights, Intervenor v. Providence Washington Insurance Group, a Foreign Corporation

608 F.2d 1171 20 Fair Empl.Prac.Cas. 49 , 20 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 30,033 Jack R. SIMPSON, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. ALASKA STATE COMMISSION for HUMAN RIGHTS, Intervenor, v. PROVIDENCE WASHINGTON INSURANCE GROUP, a Foreign Corporation, Defendant-Appellant. No. 77-1289. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. June 11, 1979. Richard O. Gantz (argued), of Hughes, Thorsness, Gantz, Powell & Brundin, Anchorage, Alaska, on brief, for defendant-appellant. Paul L. Davis, of Edgar Paul Boyko & Associates, P. C., Anchorage, Alaska, on brief; Edgar Paul Boyko and Paul L. Davis, Carolyn E. Jones, Asst. Atty. Gen., Anchorage, Alaska, for plaintiff-appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Alaska. Before BROWNING and KENNEDY, Circuit Judges, and PECKHAM, * District Judge. KENNEDY, Circuit Judge: 1 Appellants challenge the district court's holding that federal law does not preempt an Alaska statute prohibiting age discrimination in employment. For the reasons set out below, we affirm. 2 The plaintiff, Jack R. Simpson, was a citizen and resident of the State of Alaska, and was employed there as a claims adjuster for the Alaska office of an insurance…