Bay View, Inc. v. United States

By legislation enacted in 1995, the United States removed from the Alaskan Native Villages their entitlement to share with the Regional Corporations in the full value received for sale of Alaskan Native timber resources. The legislation removed from this statutory sharing obligation the revenues generated by sale of the timber below its initial cost valuation. This targeted legislative removal from the Native Villages of their existing entitlement to share in the revenues already received, attributable to and directly related to the timber resources in transactions long completed, raises a…