Legal Opinion
State, Department of Natural Resources v. Arctic Slope Regional Corp.
Alaska Supreme Court
Decided November 22, 1991No. S-3400, S-3416 and S-3437PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
COMPTON, Justice.
In this appeal we are asked to decide whether the statutory requirement that oil drillers submit well data to the Department of Natural Resources constitutes an unconstitutional taking of property. We conclude that it does not; therefore, we reverse.
I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
A. State Regulation of Oil and Gas Activities
The drilling for and production of oil and gas in Alaska was first regulated under the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Act of 1955 (Act). §§ 47-7-1 to 47-7-15 Alaska Compiled Laws Annotated (ACLA) (Supp. 1958). This statute created an Alaska…
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