State, Department of Natural Resources v. Universal Education Society, Inc.

583 P.2d 806 (1978)

STATE of Alaska, DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, Appellant,

v.

UNIVERSAL EDUCATION SOCIETY, INC., Appellee.

No. 3324.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

August 25, 1978.

Jeffrey B. Lowenfels, Asst. Atty. Gen., Anchorage, Avrum M. Gross, Atty. Gen., Juneau, for appellant.

Gordon Schadt, Birch, Horton, Bittner & Monroe, Anchorage, for appellee.

Before BOOCHEVER, C.J., and RABINOWITZ, CONNOR, BURKE and MATTHEWS, JJ.

OPINION

BURKE, Justice.

This case arises from an appeal to the superior court from a decision by the Commissioner of Natural Resources ("Commission" hereinafter) refusing to convert…