Johns v. Commercial Fisheries Entry Commission

OPINION

COMPTON, Justice.

I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

Mike Lynch (Lynch), Leo Woods (Woods) and Greg Johns (Johns) appeal from a judgment of the superior court dismissing their action for declaratory and injunctive relief on the ground that each plaintiff lacked standing. The superior court further held that the refusal of the Commercial Fisheries Entry Commission (CFEC) to grant a hearing to consider changing one of its regulations was not judicially reviewable. For the reasons stated hereafter, we reverse both decisions.

Appellants Lynch, Woods, and Johns have made their living seining…