Legal Opinion
Koniag, Inc. v. Koncor Forest Resource
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided November 4, 1994No. Nos. 93-36138, 93-36164PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CANBY, Circuit Judge:
In Tyonek Native Corp. v. Cook Inlet Region, Inc., 853 F.2d 727 (9th Cir.1988), we held that rock, sand, and gravel are part of the subsurface estate in dually owned lands conveyed to native regional corporations under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, and that village corporations that own the surface have no right to these materials for the purpose of commercial extraction and sale. We left open, however, the question whether a village corporation has any right to use rock, sand, and gravel on site, incidental to the enjoyment of its surface estate. That question…
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