Legal Opinion
Akiak Native Community v. United States Postal Service
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided May 25, 2000No. 98-35466PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CANBY, Circuit Judge:
Plaintiffs, several Alaska Native communities, appeal from the district court’s summary judgment in favor of defendant, the United States Postal Service. Plaintiffs sought to enjoin the Postal Service’s Hovercraft Demonstration Project (“the Project”), an experimental program that delivers non-priority mail by surface hovercraft instead of by fixed-wing aircraft to eight remote Alaska Native villages on the Kus-kokwim River and two of its tributaries. Plaintiffs allege that the project violates the Coastal Zone Management Act (CZMA), 16 U.S.C. § 1456, and the National…
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