Legal Opinion
City of Klawock v. George E. M. Gustafson, Trustee for the Townsite of Klawock
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided November 3, 1978No. 77-3328PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GOODWIN, Circuit Judge:
Following litigation by the City of Kla-wock to acquire title to certain vacant lots, the City applied for attorney fees. The district court denied the application, and the City appeals.
Klawock is an incorporated city on Prince of Wales Island in southeastern Alaska. Land for Alaska city development was reserved for territorial townsites in 1927, in accordance with the Native Townsite Act of the previous year, 43 U.S.C. § 735, and the general Alaska townsite legislation, 48 U.S.C. § 355. Klawock’s townsite was surveyed and partially subdivided by 1940, and the statutory…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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- Sprague v. Ticonic National BankSupreme Court of the United States · 1939
- Trustees v. GreenoughSupreme Court of the United States · 1882
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- Vincent v. Hughes Air West, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1977
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3Cited by19 opinions
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- Aleknagik Natives Ltd. v. AndrusCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1980
- Donald Knight and Foster Pepper & Shefelman, a Law Partnership, Plaintiffs/cross-Appellants v. The United States of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1993
- Koppel v. WienCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1984
- Edwards v. Alaska Pulp Corp.Alaska Supreme Court · 1996
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