Legal Opinion
Aleknagik Natives Ltd. v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided December 19, 1986No. 85-4116PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KENNEDY, Circuit Judge:
The native Alaskan village corporation Aleknagik and its city and'village council brought suit in the district court against the Secretary of the Interior and various individual defendants. The village councils of Port Graham and English Bay intervened as defendants. The district court granted summary judgment for the defendants, and we consider the appeal by the nonprevailing parties. We affirm.
The case turns on the interpretation of statutes relating to the creation and operation of federal townsite laws in Alaska. In 1891 and 1926, Congress extended the operation of…
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- Aleknagik Natives Ltd. v. AndrusCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1980
- Jones v. GilesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1984
- Kunaknana v. ClarkCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1984
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