Legal Opinion
Kenai Peninsula Borough v. Cook Inlet Region, Inc.
Alaska Supreme Court
Decided March 15, 1991No. S-3117PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MATTHEWS, Chief Justice.
The Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA), 43 U.S.C. §§ 1601-1628 (1982), extinguished all claims of the Native people of Alaska based on aboriginal title in exchange for 962.5 million dollars and 44 million acres of public land. See United States v. Atlantic Richfield Co., 612 F.2d 1132, 1134 (9th Cir.1980). The act authorized the creation of 13 regional and over 200 village corporations to receive this money and land.
In enacting ANCSA, Congress declared as a policy that “the settlement should be accomplished ... without adding to the categories of…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Miller v. SearsAlaska Supreme Court · 1981
- In re L.A.M.Alaska Supreme Court · 1986
- McMillan v. Anchorage Community HospitalAlaska Supreme Court · 1982
- Kodiak Western Alaska Airlines, Inc. v. Bob Harris Flying Service, Inc.Alaska Supreme Court · 1979
- Winkelman v. City of TiburonCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1973
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3Cited by31 opinions
- Sleasman v. City of LaceyWashington Supreme Court · 2007
- Stepanov v. Homer Elec. Ass'n, Inc.Alaska Supreme Court · 1991
- Sleasman v. City of LaceyWashington Supreme Court · 2007
- University of Alaska v. TumeoAlaska Supreme Court · 1997
- Cook Inlet Pipe Line Co. v. Alaska Public Utilities CommissionAlaska Supreme Court · 1992
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