Legal Opinion
Messerli v. Department of Natural Resources
Alaska Supreme Court
Decided February 17, 1989No. S-1735, S-2188, S-2069 and S-2226PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COMPTON, Justice.
I. INTRODUCTION
These consolidated appeals arise out of the granting of a preference right to Loyd Messerli by the Commissioner of the Alaska Department of Natural Resources (DNR). Messerli filed two lawsuits in connection with the preference right. In the first appeal, Messerli challenges a decision of Judge John Bosshard III finding no procedural irregularities in the DNR’s granting of his preference right. The state appeals Judge Bosshard’s finding of estoppel against it and his decision to award attorney’s fees to Mr. Messerli. In the second appeal, Messerli challenges the…
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