Legal Opinion
Chenega Corp. v. Exxon Corp.
Alaska Supreme Court
Decided November 22, 1999No. S-7252, S-7512PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BRYNER, Justice.
A jury awarded several Alaska Native corporations almost $6,000,000 for harm caused by the EXXON VALDEZ oil spill. Exxon and the corporations appeal, raising numerous issues. We affirm in all respects but one: The superior court determined that the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 did not assign to the corporations certain federal claims for spill-related harm to federal lands that the corporations had selected under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act but that the federal government had not yet conveyed to them. Because we conclude that the Oil Pollution Act did assign…
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3Cited by39 opinions
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