Eyak Traditional Elders Council v. Sherstone, Inc.

OPINION

RABINOWITZ, Justice.

The Eyak Traditional Elders Council and five individual Eyak Natives (collectively the “Council”) sought unsuccessfully to prevent Sherstone, Inc. from elearcut harvesting a 50-acre tract of timber believed to be the location of an historic Eyak village and burial ground. Following the Council’s motion to voluntarily dismiss pursuant to Civil Rule 41(a)(2), the superior court dismissed the case with prejudice and awarded partial attorney’s fees and costs to appellees Sher-stone, Inc., the Eyak Corporation, and Sound Development, Inc. (collectively “Sherstone”). The…