Legal Opinion
Aleknagik Natives Ltd. v. Andrus
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided April 7, 1980No. 78-2986PublishedCited by 82 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TANG, Circuit Judge:
The plaintiffs, three native Alaskan village corporations organized under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA), 43 U.S.C. §§ 1601-1628, and the village and municipal councils for those villages, filed a quiet title and ejectment action contesting the Secretary of the Department of the Interior’s (Secretary) interpretation of ANCSA to allow non-native entry, upon townsite lands that were unoccupied at the date of ANCSA’s enactment. Besides the Secretary, also named as defendants were the townsite trustees and three non-native persons, as alleged representatives…
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