Legal Opinion
Alaska v. Udall
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided December 19, 1969No. Nos. 23603, 23597PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HAMLEY, Circuit Judge:
This is an action brought by the State;’ of Alaska, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1361) to compel the Secretary of the Interior of the United States and other officials to issue a patent and grant tentative approval to certain lands selected by the state pursuant to section 6(b) of the Alaska Statehood Act, 72 Stat. 339 (1958), 48 U.S.C. note prec. § 21. Asserting its claim to such lands on the basis of aboriginal use, occupancy and continued possession, the Native Village of Nenana (Native Village) intervened as a party defendant. The district court granted the State’s motion…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Metlakatla Indian Community, Annette Islands Reserve v. EganSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
3Cited by5 opinions
- Inupiat Community of Arctic Slope v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1982
- United States v. Atlantic Richfield Co.District Court, D. Alaska · 1977
- United States v. Atlantic Richfield Co.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1980
- State of Alaska v. Stewart L. Udall, Secretary of the Interior Boyd L. Rasmussen, Director, Bureau of Land Management Burton L. Silcock, State Director for Alaska, Bureau of Land Management and Robert C. Krumm, Manager, Fairbanks Land Office, Bureau of Land Management, State of Alaska v. Native Village of NenanaCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1969
- United States of America, and Inupiat Community of the Arctic Slope, Plaintiff-Intervenor-Appellant v. Atlantic Richfield Company, United States of America, and Inupiat Community of the Arctic Slope, Plaintiff-Intervenor v. Atlantic Richfield CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1980