Legal Opinion
Parker Drilling Co. v. Metlakatla Indian Community
District Court, D. Alaska
Decided April 17, 1978No. J75-6 CivilPublishedCited by 50 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
VON DER HEYDT, Chief Judge.
This cause comes before the court on cross motions for summary judgment. 1 For the purpose of these motions certain facts apparently are undisputed. Plaintiff’s airplane was to land at the Annette Island Airport to receive fuel from Annette Aviation. Upon attempting to land the aircraft hit a snow berm and was damaged. Plaintiff is an Oklahoma corporation and federal jurisdiction is predicated upon diversity of citizenship.
Plaintiff has asserted that the Annette Island Airport is owned by the Metlakatla Indian Community in its capacity as an…
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