Legal Opinion
Jackson v. United States
District Court, D. Alaska
Decided January 31, 1980No. F 77-35 CivilPublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO DISMISS
POOLE, District Judge.
This action, which the complaint declares “lies exclusively in contract,” arises out of eleven attorney-client agreements, some oral, some written, which are alleged to have been entered into between the plaintiffs, who are Alaska attorneys, and several Alaskan Native Villages and Regional Associations between the years 1967 and 1969. Plaintiffs claim to have rendered professional services entitling them to “equitable” compensation in connection with the passage of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (“ANCSA”…
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