Legal Opinion
Alaska Department of Natural Resources v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided March 14, 2016No. 14-35051PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
WATFORD, Circuit Judge:
This case involves a land dispute between the State of Alaska and two Alaska Natives, Agnes and Anne Purdy. Agnes Purdy owns a 160-acre parcel of land in eastern Alaska near the town of Chicken; her sister Anne owns a neighboring 40-acre parcel. The State contends that it owns rights-of-way for four public trails that cross the Purdys’ land, trails which the State wants to keep open for public use. The Purdys dispute the State’s claim of ownership and want to stop members of the public from trespassing on their- property by using the trails.
The State sued the…
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