Legal Opinion
Trustees for Alaska v. State, Department of Natural Resources
Alaska Supreme Court
Decided March 16, 1990No. S-2865PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MATTHEWS, Chief Justice.
This is an administrative appeal by five environmental groups (hereinafter collectively “Trustees”) which seek to overturn a competitive sale of oil and gas leases (“Sale 50”). The appellees are the State of Alaska, its Office of Management and Budget, and its Department of Natural Resources. At issue is the procedural propriety and substantive basis of the decision to lease.
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The state held Sale 50 on June 30, 1987. The oil and gas development rights to 118,-147 acres of offshore state land in Camden Bay, 35 tracts in all, were offered and sold. Camden Bay is…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Kelly v. ZamarelloAlaska Supreme Court · 1971
- Weyerhaeuser Company v. Douglas M. Costle, Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, No. 76-1674Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1978
- State, Department of Highways v. GreenAlaska Supreme Court · 1978
- BASF Wyandotte Corp. v. CostleCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1979
- State v. First National Bank of AnchorageAlaska Supreme Court · 1982
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3Cited by29 opinions
- State, Commercial Fisheries Entry Commission v. CarlsonAlaska Supreme Court · 2003
- Tongass Sport Fishing Ass'n v. StateAlaska Supreme Court · 1994
- Alaska Center for the Environment v. StateAlaska Supreme Court · 2003
- State, Department of Natural Resources v. Arctic Slope Regional Corp.Alaska Supreme Court · 1991
- Carlson v. StateAlaska Supreme Court · 1990
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