Legal Opinion
Leonard Wesley Parker v. Honorable J. L. McCarrey Jr., District Judge of the District Court for the Territory of Alaska, Third Division
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided June 16, 1959No. 16499_1PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Per curiam
Alaska became the 49th state of the United States and ceased to be a territory by virtue of the President’s proclamation on January 3, 1959. 1 Under the Alaska Enabling Act, 2 the existing territorial court with its four divisions 3 was continued upon an interim basis for an indefinite time, but not to exceed three years. 4 Thus, the act contemplated some delay on the part of the new state in establishing its own state court system.
On October 24, 1958, Parker was indicted by the grand jury of the Third Division of the United States District Court for the Territory of Alaska, which charged him…
2Cited by25 opinions
- Rachel Castner v. First National Bank of Anchorage, Arctic Cold Storage, Inc., and Union Bank of AnchorageCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1960
- Bridges v. Alaska Housing AuthorityAlaska Supreme Court · 1962
- Metlakatla Indian Community v. EganSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
- Hobbs v. StateAlaska Supreme Court · 1961
- Andrew J. Leonard v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1960
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