Rutter v. State

OPINION

BURKE, Chief Justice.

This case involves a pure question of law. Plaintiff/Appellant Sigurd Rutter, a professional salmon hand troller, is challenging a series of regulations promulgated by the Commercial Fisheries Entry Commission limiting entry into the salmon hand troll fishery. 1 Rutter raises three distinct issues on appeal: (1) whether the Commission violated the provisions of the Limited Entry Act in issuing too many entry permits; (2) whether the priority classification system devised to allocate entry permits. violates various Alaska statutes and the state and federal…