Legal Opinion
United States v. Atlantic Richfield Co.
District Court, D. Alaska
Decided June 3, 1977No. A 75-215 CivilPublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
FITZGERALD, District Judge.
The United States, acting in its own behalf and on behalf of Eskimos inhabiting the Arctic Slope of Alaska, sues the State of Alaska and one hundred forty corporations and private parties for trespass to Native land prior to the passage of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act. 1 The intervenor, Inupiat Community of the Arctic Slope, a recognized Eskimo tribal entity, makes similar but somewhat more extensive claims. 1 2
The underlying theory of both the complaint and the complaint in intervention is that until the 1971 Settlement Act the Eskimos of the…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Organized Village of Kake v. EganSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- United States v. Santa Fe Pacific RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
- Shoshone Tribe of Indians v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1937
- Tee-Hit-Ton Indians v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1955
- United States v. Arnold GemmillCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1976
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3Cited by28 opinions
- Mary E. Hammond, Individually and Mary E. Hammond as She is the of the Estate of Charles E. Hammond v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1986
- Jacob Adams v. Cyrus Vance, Secretary of StateCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1978
- Trustees for Alaska v. StateAlaska Supreme Court · 1987
- Inupiat Community of Arctic Slope v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1982
- Albert Shields, Jr., Heir of Albert Shields, Sr. v. United States of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1983
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